Lear’s Bourbon, Indiana, plant is to close by the end of the year, Associated Press (AP) reported.

The plant employs approximately 450 people and produces injection-moulded interior trim and door panels, Lear spokeswoman Andrea Puchalsky told AP.

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Lear, based in Southfield, Michigan, is restructuring by cutting 6,500 jobs through closing or consolidating 21 plants and the company expects the plan to be 85% complete by the end of the year, Puchalsky told AP.

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