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AN ANTI-MONOPOLY INVESTIGATION
INTO A BUSINESS IN JAPAN HAS
TIES TO AN AUTO
PARTS MANUFACTURER IN ALLEN
COUNTY.
260 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES WORK AT
AMERICAN MITSUBA IN MONROEVILLE.
EARLIER THIS MONTH, THEY WERE
TOLD THEIR PARENT COMPANY IN
JAPAN
WAS BEING INVESTIGATED.
NEWSCHANNEL 15'S RANDY SPIETH
JOINS
US FROM
STUDIO 15 TONIGHT...
WITH WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE
WORKERS IN
OUR AREA.
RANDY?
THIS INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN
GOING ON FOR MORE THAN A YEAR.
BUT THIS MONTH, THE JAPAN FAIR
TRADE COMMISSION ANNOUNCED ITS
FINDINGS.
AND FINED MITSUBA 13 POINT 5
MILLION DOLLARS FOR PRICE-FIXING
AUTO PARTS.
BUT THE FINE IS NOT EXPECTED TO
COST
ANYONE THEIR JOB AT THE
MONROEVILLE PLANT.
SOT-DONNIE-MONROEVILLE TOWN
COUNCIL PRESIDENT-OUR EXPERIENCE
WITH THAT COMPANY HAS ALWAYS
BEEN EXCELLENT.
WHATEVER THEY TELL
YOU THEY'LL DO, THEY DO IT.
THEY'RE A GOOD EMPLOYER.
THEY EMPLOY
SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE AND WE
COULDN'T ASK FOR ANYBODY BETTER.
COMMUNITY OFFICIALS IN
MONROEVILLE SAY AMERICAN MITSUBA
HAS ALWAYS COMMUNICATED WHAT
GOES ON AT THE BUSINESS.
THIS MONTH, WORKERS THERE GOT
THE SAME TREATMENT WHEN THEY
WERE
TOLD OF AN ANTI-MONOPOLY
INVESTIGATION INVOLVING
MITSUBA'S
PARENT COMPANY IN JAPAN.
SOT-ASHLEY-ECONOMIC ALLIANCE-
THEY HELD A MEETING WITH THEM
LAST WEEK OR THIS WEEK, AND THEY
DIDN'T
WANT ANYONE TO SPECULATE THEY
WERE GOING TO LOSE THEIR JOBS
THE FORT WAYNE-ALLEN COUNTY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ALLIANCE IS KEEPING TRACK OF THE
INVESTIGATION.
IN MAY, THE STATE GAVE MITSUBA
TAX BREAKS...
IN ORDER TO PAVE THE WAY FOR
AN 8.5 MILLION DOLLAR EXPANSION
OF THE MONROEVILLE FACILITY.
PART OF THE AGREEMENT REQUIRES
THE COMPANY TO STAY IN INDIANA
SOT-ASHLEY-THE STATE OF INDIANA
REQUIRES THAT YOU CONTINUE TO
MAINTAIN THOSE JOBS AND YOUR
BUSINESS HERE IN THE STATE OF
INDIANA FOR AT
LEAST 10 YEARS ALLIANCE LEADERS
HAVE SPOKEN WITH
THE COMPANY'S LEADERS.
AND SAY RUMORS OF LAYOFFS ARE
NOT
TRUE.
SOT-ASHLEY-HE DID REASSURE ME
THAT ANY OF THE RUMORS OF JOB
LAYOFFS AND PLANT CLOSURES WERE
JUST THAT, AND
THEY'RE UNTRUE.
AMERICAN MITSUBA HAS BEEN A
SUCCESSFFUL
OPERATION AND THE COMPANY
CONTINUES TO INVEST IN THE
FACILITY
WE HAVE TRIED REACHING OUT TO
AMERICAN MITSUBA OFFICIALS, BUT
THEY
HAVE BEEN TOLD TO NOT COMMENT ON
THE INVESTIGATION AT THIS TIME
BY
THEIR LAWYERS.
IN STUDIO 15, RANDY SPIETH,
NEWSCHANNEL 15.