200 workers frozen out as last Australian fridge maker Electrolux closes today
The last of 12 million refrigerators built at Orange's 74-year-old Electrolux factory rolled off the assembly line on Monday.
Hundreds of employees have been forced to walk away from a place that had - over generations in some cases - become a cornerstone for countless families in the community.
The Swedish-owned company announced in 2013 that production at the factory would be moved offshore to Asia and Europe to cut costs in a hit to both the town and Australian manufacturing.
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