Commerce company says it will hire 60 employees

COMMERCE — A refrigeration component manufacturer says it is hiring 60 new employees for a new production line.

The Illinois-based Hansen Technologies said Monday the company is consolidating its manufacturing operation with the existing 150-employee Roper Pump plant on Old Maysville Road. Both companies are owned by Roper Industries and both make industrial refrigerator parts.

The company said it hopes to have the new line running by Aug. 1.

Hansen also announced on its Web site that it would be closing its plant in the Chicago suburbs in May, but the company headquarters will remain in Illinois.

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Information from: Athens Banner-Herald, http://www.onlineathens.com