Deere Closes Dubuque, Iowa, Plant After Worker Tests Positive for Coronavirus
April 01 2020 - 1:23PM
Dow Jones News
Deere & Co. idled production at its Dubuque, Iowa, plant
after a worker there tested positive for the new coronavirus.
The plant, which makes construction equipment for Deere, is
being disinfected during the outage.
Deere said a hygiene assessment of the plant is being conducted
to improve safeguards and procedures to block the transmission of
the virus.
Deere said it expects to call back the plant's 1,000 production
workers on a staggered schedule over the next week or two.
Deere has maintained production during the coronavirus outbreak
as an essential manufacturer of machinery for farm crops and
livestock.
Write to Bob Tita at bob.tita@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
April 01, 2020 13:08 ET (17:08 GMT)
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