Harley stops most of U.S. production after positive employee tests for Coronavirus

by James

Harley-Davidson Inc. Production has stopped at two manufacturing plants in Wisconsin and York, Pennsylvania after an employee tested positive for coronavirus in its Menomonie Falls operation.

The Milwaukee-based motorcycle manufacturer announced Wednesday evening that it will cease production at its Menomonee Falls powertrain operating plant, its plant in Tomahawk and its York automotive operations plant. The closure will mark its U.S. debut. The company appears not to have affected the operations and how many employees are affected.

Harley (NYSE HOG at https://www.webull.com/quote/nyse-hog) was the first major Milwaukee manufacturing company to discontinue production as a result of the Coronavirus outbreak, which prompted the closure of all Wisconsin schools, bars, restaurants, shopping malls, and other businesses. The government has passed rules banning more than 10 meetings.

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Our employees the best support and provide public health officials issued by the Social distant guidelines to follow, our US. Manufacturing facilities, the majority of the production is temporarily suspended,” said the CEO of NYSE HOG.

The Menomonee Falls plant closed Wednesday afternoon after an employee tested positive for coronavirus and employees “thoroughly cleaned and disinfected the building according to the company’s Corona Virus Response Protocol.”

Harley-Davidson said.

It’sthe U.S. The company said most of the production staff will be on temporary layoffs with medical benefits.

The organization will utilize this chance to develop its cleaning and wash its assembling regions and basic regions to moreover ensure laborers when they return, an official report said.

Harley-Davidson will continue to closely monitor the situation and make additional changes as required by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Besides, the company works with its vendors in advance to evaluate personal impacts and encourages distributors to follow public health guidelines in their communities for the safety of its customers. According to the Social Distance Guidelines, all events sponsored by Harley-Davidson have been canceled until mid-April.

As of Wednesday afternoon, 106 cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Wisconsin, according to the state Department of Health Services.

To date, there have been 47 cases in Milwaukee County, 23 in Dane County, 12 in Fond du Lac County, five in WauKesha County, four each in Sheboygan and Kenosha counties, three in Winnebago County, two in Washington County and one each. In the districts of Pierce, Brown, La Crosse, Adakami, Racine and Wood. You can also gain Nasdaq verb news at https://www.webull.com/quote/nasdaq-verb.

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