Jeffery Noble Herald-Whig
QUINCY — First, the good news.
Knapheide Manufacturing Co., the longtime Quincy company that is a leading producer of truck bodies and truck beds. Business has been especially booming the past seven or eight years, once the country had worked itself through the most-recent recession that ended around 2010.And the bad news?The company cannot attract enough people to fill openings, particularly in some of the skilled trade positions. That’s especially true in welding."We could hire 40 welders today," said Jim Rubottom, vice president of human resources and a 29-year employee at Knapheide. "Young people are just not that […]
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