WAKARUSA, Ind. (AP) — Navistar International Corp. plans to shift some production work for its Monaco RV subsidiary from an Oregon factory to northern Indiana, where it will hire up to 400 workers in the coming year.
The company announced Tuesday it will move motorhome manufacturing to Wakarusa (wah-kah-ROO’-sah) some three years after Monaco cut about 1,000 jobs there.
In the restructuring, some executive functions from Monaco’s Coburg, Ore., headquarters also will move to Navistar’s corporate office in Lisle, Ill. Meanwhile, Navistar’s Workhorse Custom Chassis subsidiary will close a 225-worker factory in eastern Indiana’s Union City.
Navistar spokeswoman Karen Denning tells The Elkhart Truth (http://bit.ly/qFFs5z ) that the new Monaco work in Wakarusa will share a factory where Navistar makes its eStar all-electric truck.
