Employees of Gast Manufacturing along M-139 in Benton Charter Township will get a little longer Easter break than had been scheduled. A power outage impacting the manufacturing plant just off the corner of Nickerson & M-139 has forced the company to dispatch word to employees that the plant will remain closed until further notice on Monday, March 28, 2016.
Company officials posted to the Closings & Cancelations portion of the Moody on the Market website the following message late in the afternoon on Easter Sunday:
Due to a power outage, Gast Mfg. will be closed on 3/28/16 until an issue has been resolved. All Gast employees, please dial the "Employee Call-In Line" at 269-934-1200 for further details on Monday start time.
No further explanation behind the power loss was indicated. The company had already given employees a holiday on Good Friday, so the long weekend will get a little longer thanks to the power outage.
Gast Manufacturing in Benton Harbor is a division of IDEX Corporation, and is a major manufacturer in Southwest Michigan founded in 1921. The company is a leader in the design and manufacturing of quality air-moving products. They specialize in offering cost-effective solutions for a wide variety of industries including industrial manufacturing, healthcare, and environmental cleanup applications.
In 1998, Gast was acquired by IDEX Corporation and is part of the IDEX Health Science Technologies section. IDEX itself is an acronym for Innovation, Diversity, and Excellence.
In 2006, Gast acquired JUN-AIR, the leading provider of quiet compressors for a variety of applications. As a result, their customers can now take advantage of the broad portfolios of both companies to solve their applications requirements from the component level through complete compressor solutions.
