Page 6/The Battalion/Tu'esday, October 25, 1983 Shutdown Armco closes steel plant in Houston United Press International HOUSTON — Armco Inc. announced Monday it will close its Houston Ship Channel steel plant, which as late as January employed 4,200 people, and a union leader who had tried to save the facility called the deci sion a “shock.” Armco area vice president George W. Hansen said the de pression in the energy industry and competition from imported steel forced the move. “The employees of the Hous ton Works have made a tremen dous effort to keep their plant going, but the depression in energy-related markets and the flood of lower-priced imported steel here have been too much,” Hansen said. Approximately 1,100 people were employed at the plant as of Monday, the date preparation for the shutdown began, Han sen said. The shutdown is sche duled to be complete by Jan. 27, 1984. United Steelworkers Local 2708 President Early Glowers called the shutdown decision a “shock,” but blamed federal government failure to control imported steel, not Armco. “It reminds me of somebody in the family dying. Itjust shocks the hell out of you,” said Glowers. “I think both of us (labor and management) tried our best. I think the problem is in our gov ernment. We could compete with any steel mill, but we cannot compete with governments that are subsidizing their damned steel mills.” Glowers said American steel workers have extended jobless benefits under the Trade Read justment Act, but he wonders what they will do for work in the long run. Houston unemploy ment in September already stood at 10 percent. Hansen said Armco’s Hous ton Works had operated at less than 20 percent capacity this year and lost nearly $40 million so far in 1983. “We cannot continue to sus tain these losses and see no hope that business in carbon and alloy plate — Houston’s products — will be profitable anytime soon,” Hansen said. In addition to the energy in dustry recession and foreign competition, Armco cited soar ing energy costs and the cost of pollution control as factors hurt ing the Houston plant. Hansen said Armco will con tinue efforts to find a buyer for the plant, but at the same time will seek alternate employment opportunities for active and already laid-off employees. “The employees have given their very best to keep it alive, and Armco will make every effort to be sure they are all tre ated fairly,” Hansen said. MSC Cafeteria Now Better Than Ever. You Will Be Pleased With These Carefully Prepared and Taste Tempting Foods. 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