FEDERAL JUDGE TEMPORARILY STOPS PYREX PLANT CLOSURE

A federal judge has temporarily stopped the closure of the Pyrex plant in Charleroi.  The Trib reports that the company intends to close the plant next February and move operations to Ohio and eliminate 270 jobs in the Mon Valley.  Centre Lane Partners, a private equity partner with owner Anchor Hocking Holdings Inc., is temporarily prohibited from making any material changes to the Pyrex plant in Charleroi that would adversely impact the normal operations of the facility.  U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Renjan in Pittsburgh ordered on Oct. 31 a stop on removing any Pyrex equipment and assets and moving to combine Pyrex and Anchor Hocking.  A hearing will be held in Federal Court on November 12th.