HEBER SPRINGS — Saint Jean Industries Inc. has announced plans to lay off up to 300 of the 340 employees at its Heber Springs plant where parts and accessories for automobiles are made.
Heber Springs Mayor Jackie McPherson told The Batesville Daily Guard that the layoffs are due to Saint Jean losing its contract with General Motors.
The mayor says GM was the company’s largest customer and that company officials are hopeful of winning the contract back.
Read tomorrow's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.