El Monte Iron Workers Face Uncertain Future

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EL MONTE - In one month, the iron foundry that has operated on Arden Drive and Hickson Street for 60 years will be closed for good. And more than 200 men and women will be out of work.

But a walk through Gregg Industries' facilities last week gives no indication of this coming fate. Behind the factory's walls, men continue to heat iron to temperatures that are one-third the sun's to create dense iron parts for heavy machinery. They work in tandem with the machines - removing smoking-hot resin cores, pouring molten iron, and shaking finished parts free of their molds.

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El Monte Iron Workers Face Uncertain Future

Rather than slowing down, business at Gregg has been booming. The foundry has been racing to provide customers with enough parts to hold them over while they look for new suppliers.

Despite their full workload, in a few week...

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