![]() Smith will keep as many employees is it can. Smith will also be working over the next few months to bring in work that will allow it to make use of its factory and its employees, perhaps machining cast-iron parts or boiler parts for another company. "We have some work to do, and we'll see how that proceeds between now and March." ![]() "We're not closing the company itself as an entity," Walker said. The boilers are used in residential and commercial buildings. Smith machines cast-iron boiler parts, makes other parts for boilers and assembles boilers, he said. Walker said he doesn't yet know how many of those employees will lose their jobs. Twenty-seven work in manufacturing, and the other 15 are clerical and support staff. Smith has 42 employees at its manufacturing plant at 47 Westfield Industrial Park Road near Exit 3 on the Massachusetts Turnpike, Walker said. The Smith brothers wanted to make use of the nearby turning basin for the old Northampton and New Haven Canal and a railroad track. Smith and Edwin Smith purchased an old stove works and warehouse on Main Street in 1853. It wasn't an easy decision," Walker said.īrothers Henry B. The company has been an anchor in the Westfield community. "Of course it was a very difficult decision all the way around. "We're just suffering from the times," said company chief operating officer Wayne R. ![]() will soon stop making boilers at its Westfield factory after 156 years in business.
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