http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1...zenith-factory
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Zenith Electronics Corp.'s painful migration from a bankrupt TV maker to a marketing arm of a South Korean company marked another milestone Monday when the company gave notice that, barring last-minute developments, it will shut its Melrose Park color picture tube plant by the end of the year and sack 2,000 employees.
American companies haven't made televisions in the United States for years; Zenith shifted actual assembly to Mexico years ago to cut labor costs. By deciding to close the tube plant--its last U.S. factory--Zenith is admitting that its U.S.-made parts can't compete against lower-cost foreign competitors, either."