Reply #1: In upstate SC, just south of Charlotte:

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LANCASTER, S.C. -- “Worked there 38 years,” says Gayle Helms. Helms and her husband were a married team at Springs Global. While Gayle works in the credit department, her husband spent 31 years at the Grace plant in Lancaster.

“Everybody's been emotional but it hadn't just been today. It's been a while,” said Helms. She found out Wednesday morning her husband will lose his job, and the timing couldn't be worse. “My job's ending as of this week. They're sending it to Brazil,” explained Helms. Springs Global manufactures bedding and bathroom décor -- comforters, blankets, sheets, towels and pillows. The company is shutting down the Grace facilities in Lancaster and the Close plant in Fort Lawn -- putting about 750 people out of work.

Company spokesman Ted Matthews said Springs is facing rapid price deflation from imported products.

“Ultimately the decision was made for the sake of the business, that we're not going to be able to manufacture product and do it competitively in the United States,” Matthews said.

http://www.wcnc.com/news/topstories/stories/wcnc-062707-jmn-springs_global.1c8dd7c6.html