Hinckley Staying

The Ellsworth American:

"The sour economy notwithstanding, The Hinckley Co. intends to continue building luxury powerboats at its facility in Trenton.

At the end of September, the company laid off approximately 50 employees, about one-fifth of the workers at the Trenton boatbuilding plant.

The layoffs affected about 9 percent of the company’s total work force, according to Hinckley Sales and Marketing Vice President Edward A. Rogers. A few more employees have been let go in recent weeks, bringing the total number of layoffs to about 9.5 percent of the total work force, Rogers said." ... more