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Curtis 1000 Closing Iowa Plant

MASON CITY, IA—Printer Curtis 1000 is closing its specialty products plant here toward the end of this month, the Mason City Globe Gazette reported. The closing of the plant, which has been in operation since 1972, will leave 39 jobless. Pi Cobert, corporate human resources manager for the Duluth, GA-based company, told the paper that work will be consolidated into other Curtis 1000 operations. Counting Mason City, the company has eight facilities in six states.