Worthington closing plant where scuba cylinders are manufactured

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I wonder where they will be made in the future.

Story suggests they won't be:
Sonya Higginbotham, who speaks for the company, said Worthington is getting out of the cylinder business because it's not profitable.

Hope they keep up the exemption permit renewals for my HP tanks :p
 
Story suggests they won't be:

Hope they keep up the exemption permit renewals for my HP tanks :p

That is how I read it. They are done. I need a few more so maybe now is the time. I like the ones I have. Does anyone els do the dip galvanized?
 
Wonder what effect this will have on XS Scuba?
 
Worthington has many plants around the world. The question is; Will the machinery (deep draw) and tooling go to another of their facilities? The E cylinder exemption will have to be reapplied for, as the E number only applies to a single manufacturing location.
 
Worthington has many plants around the world. The question is; Will the machinery (deep draw) and tooling go to another of their facilities? The E cylinder exemption will have to be reapplied for, as the E number only applies to a single manufacturing location.

Browsed the WWW today, everything is being sold to an undisclosed US competitor, reason for closing : Chinese cylinders flooding the market, not enough business to support 2 US manufacturers.
 
Browsed the WWW today, everything is being sold to an undisclosed US competitor, reason for closing : Chinese cylinders flooding the market, not enough business to support 2 US manufacturers.
Please provide link
 
Just checked for the expiry of the special permits for the cylinders. The permits were renewed(SU4957) June 3 2011 in Canada and (SP 14157) July 31st 2011 in the US. The Canadian one will expire on June 3 2013 if not renewed and the US on July 31st 2015 if it was renewed for the maximum allowed 4 years (not sure if it was).

Am sure now it expires--February 28, 2015
 
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Rumor has it that the equipment is being sold to Norris Cylinder. It will be interesting to see if they make scuba cylinders and whether XS or Cramer Decker, who has a past relationship with Norris, will be the distributors.
 

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