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Ralston Purina Co.'s Eveready Battery Co. is continuing its strategy of closing down carbon zinc battery plants and moving the work to lower cost plants. At the same time, Eveready is investing in plants with technology that produces longer-life batteries.
On Tuesday the company notified employees at its Fremont, Ohio, plant that it would close the operation next year. At the same time, the company said it was scaling back operations at one of its Canadian plants.
The cutbacks will cost 250 employees their jobs...