Radio Flyer 90 year old factory in Chicago closing, moving to China

[Chicago Democrat]

Red wagons rolling to China
Chicago-based American icon to quit making its famous wagons here, resulting in lost jobs for about half its 90 workers. Its headquarters and distribution arm will stay.


Red wagons rolling to China (Tribune file photo)
March 30, 2004


Chicago roots go back 87 years
March 30, 2004


By Rob Kaiser
Tribune staff reporter
Published March 30, 2004

Another slice of Americana is being outsourced to China.

Radio Flyer Inc. will stop making its famous red metal wagons in Chicago by the fall, halting its final manufacturing operation and releasing nearly half of its 90 employees.

Although Radio Flyer has resisted this move since it exited the steel-wheelbarrow business 15 years ago, the 87-year-old company finally succumbed to low-cost production overseas after determining its Chicago plant was too expensive to maintain.

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[bobbieinok]

1. red wagons, Levis, and - loss of American traditions and values

theme for some campaign ads, maybe??????

[rfkrocks]

2. This is the end of America-really so sad

This is what americans want who are in the bush camp-america broke on her knees, allyless, and filled with the unemployed. What do 48% or whatever similar amount of people see in Bushco and his party-we are truly on the way of dusty death if we don't throw the gop out of congress-time is not on our side

[Lisa]

3. and blue jeans, too

I have been buying the old Made in USA Levis, in secondhand stores.