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Watch Carrier tell its workers it is moving 1,400 jobs to Mexico [VIDEO]

Workers at Carrier Corp.'s Indiana facility were told that their jobs will be shifted to Mexico, impacting 2,100 workers in the U.S.
Workers at Carrier Corp.'s Indiana facility were told that their jobs will be shifted to Mexico, impacting 2,100 workers in the U.S.

By Associated Press 2 min read

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Two Indiana plants that make products for the heating, ventilating and air conditioning industry are shifting their manufacturing operations to Mexico in moves that will cost 2,100 workers their jobs, company officials announced Wednesday.

Carrier Corp. said it would shutter its Indianapolis plant employing 1,400 workers and move its manufacturing to Mexico. The plant’s workers would be laid off over three years starting in 2017.

United Technologies Electronic Controls also announced Wednesday that it will move its Huntington manufacturing operations to a new plant in Mexico, costing the northeastern Indianacity 700 jobs by 2018. Those workers make microprocessor-based controls for the HVAC and refrigeration industries.

Carrier Corp. and UTEC are both units of Hartford, Connecticut-based United Technologies Corp.

Carrier’s president of North American HVAC systems and services, Chris Nelson, said the company is closing the Indianapolis plant in response to “the continued migration of the HVAC industry toMexico.” He said that migration has included the company’s suppliers and competitors.