Goodman Manufacturing is closing its Dayton and Fayetteville, Tenn. plants.Nearly 2,000 Goodman Manufacturing employees in Dayton and Fayetteville, Tenn., will see their jobs go south over the next 18 to 36 months.
Goodman officials announced Tuesday that the company is consolidating its production at a brand new, $417 million Houston campus set to partially open in mid-2016.
Fayetteville and Dayton are home to the only non-Texas facilities operated by Goodman, which was founded in Houston in 1982 and acquired by Daikin Industries Ltd. in 2012. The Osaka, Japan-based manufacturer of heating, cooling and refrigerant products said Goodman is developing an all-inclusive compound in Texas. The new $417 million facility represents Goodman’s largest single investment since its founding.
Rex Anderson, director of communications at Goodman, said Tuesday that Goodman is experiencing tremendous demand and has been looking for some time at expansion opportunities. He said the company’s current facilities are operating at capacity.
Goodman is currently the largest employer in Fayetteville, a town of about 7,000, and the second-largest user of public utilities. At peak production last summer, Fayetteville Mayor Jon Law said Goodman employed around 1,800 people.