MARION—-Chad Parks of Marion Whirlpool released the following announcement to Crawford County Now:

“Our 15,000 U.S. manufacturing employees in our nine plants across the U.S. have been working tirelessly to meet consumer needs. Like other companies across the globe, Whirlpool Corporation is impacted by supply chain disruptions and constraints. To align our production schedule to the current environment, we have scheduled down days for all hourly employees at our Marion operations on Thursday, May 26 and May 31 – June 3. We are focused on overcoming these challenges and to provide for our consumers who need our appliances more than ever to clean, cook and provide proper food and medicine storage in their homes.”

Whirlpool Corporation is the number one major appliance manufacturer in the world, marketing their brands—Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Maytag, Amana, and Jenn-Air, among others—in nearly every country throughout the world. And, 4.2 million dryers that they manufacture annually come from the hard-working people of Marion, Ohio.

Crawford County Now will continue to cover this developing story.