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Volvo closing NC heavy equipment plant

Volvo is closing its heavy construction equipment plant in North Carolina next March, leaving 228 workers without jobs.

Volvo is closing its heavy construction equipment plant in North Carolina next March, leaving 228 workers without jobs.

The plant assembles front-end loaders, excavators and cabs. The work will now be sent to plants in Shippensburg, Pa., as well as Sweden and South Korea.

The company told The Asheville Citizen-Times that demand for the equipment dropped off sharply.

Volvo spokeswoman Beatrice Cardon says the company sold just 60,000 pieces of equipment in North America this year, two-thirds below projections.

Volvo says it plans to keep its North American sales headquarters in Asheville. That facility has about 250 workers.