Husqvarna hires new employees to fill new jobsThis is interesting considering that many manufacturers are actually cutting jobs.
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Officials with Husqvarna Turf Care in Beatrice said the company has hired 60 people since November and needs to hire 100 more to make lawn mowers and turf care equipment.
Charlie Rogers, vice president of operations, said people from 40 or 50 miles away are coming through the door with applications.
“Most of this is new demand,” Rogers said. “We kind of set a flat target last year for manufacturing. Now it’s growing.
“We didn’t do any mass layoffs last year or anything. We’re trying to increase our production. Basically all of our lines, there’s a real influx of orders coming in,” Rogers said.
There were about 200 people working at the Husqvarna plant in Beatrice before the new hiring started, Rogers said.
The plant makes a variety of mowers, zero-turn radios mowers, and specialty equipment like sod cutters and aerators.
Demand is coming from “all over,” Rogers said, overseas and domestic.
