MACON - Boeing has announced it is closing its Macon plant by the end of the year, a move that will leave about 120 employees out of work. News outlets report that the company's Monday announcement came about a year after Boeing had announced it was planning create about 200 more jobs by converting the existing military facility to a commercial airplane manufacturing plant . Boeing now says the plant will be shutting down in mid-December after about 35 years, citing a reduced demand for large cargo freighters. read more

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