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End of the line for XTRATUFs

01/07/2010

US media have begun to report that Honeywell, manufacturers of the XTRATUF neoprene boot, have decided to move production of the footwear to China, closing the factory it runs in Rock Island, Illinois. A radio station in Alaska, KRBD, said it had received a brief written note from Honeywell confirming the move. It also quoted the mayor of Rock...

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