MAY 4, 2025 — LIMA, OHIO DRIVESHAFT FACILITY TO CLOSE, 300 EMPLOYEES TO LOSE THEIR JOBS
The company has announced that it will be closing its Dana Driveshaft Manufacturing facility in Lima, Ohio, manufacturing facility by the end of 2025.
The closure will impact 295 hourly employees starting on June 30, 2025, and continuing through the end of the year.
A spokesperson noted, "When we announced this action last year, we stated that the eventual closure of the commercial vehicle driveshaft assembly facility in Lima, Ohio, aligns with Dana’s long-standing strategy to optimize and improve its manufacturing capabilities, including through the consolidation of similar operations. The assembly operations are being moved from Lima to existing Dana facilities in the U.S. We expect the transfer to be completed by the end of 2025."
FEBRUARY 12, 2021 — Original post…
Toledo, Ohio-based Dana Inc., a manufacturer of automotive drive train components and axles, has announced the closure of its Dana Light Axle Products service parts and export packaging center located in Albion, Indiana. The closure will impact all 43 full-time and 30 temporary employees beginning on April 30, 2021, and will be completed by May 31, 2021.
According to a company spokesperson, "The decision to close the Albion plant was difficult but ultimately necessary in order to maximize Dana's ability to be competitive within difficult market conditions."
In addition to the Albion closure, the company will also lay off 75 workers at the company's axle plant in Syracuse, Indiana, commencing in May.
The Syracuse decision was driven by a DaimlerChrysler decision to produce axle components internally.
Both work actions are part of a major restructuring plan involving plant closures and consolidations to adjust capacity to demand and better position the company during financially difficult times.
"Two years ago, it began eliminating 11,000 jobs through plant closings and consolidations. Those reductions came on top of about 10,000 job cuts because of declining auto production and slow U.S. sales."
Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life or promises for a bright future. We see good people being laid off through no fault of their own. Just because something terrible hasn't happened yet doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. No one is guaranteed to wake up tomorrow and still have a job by evening. While many employees can read the writing on the wall, why do most assume it’s targeted at someone else? Are you now wondering, Am I Next?