Lightning seldom strikes twice in the same place, but it did this week when Gregg Hutton — and about 10 other Haldex expatriates — learned Iola’s Herff Jones plant would close Oct. 1.
Just five years ago almost to the day, said Hutton, the announcement was made the Haldex Brake plant, a stone’s throw north of Herff Jones, was closing and moving production to Monterrey, Mexico. Herff Jones production of diplomas and their covers will be moved to Indianapolis.
Hutton’s immediate reaction: “I was mad, and maddest…
Starting over â again
