Briggs and Stratton to close Kentucky facility

Briggs and Stratton recently announced it will close its Murray, Ky., operation by fall 2020. About 600 full-time positions will be affected.

The Milwaukee-based company plans to consolidate production of its small vertical-shaft engines used in lawnmowers and other machines to its Poplar Bluff, Mo., facility.

Briggs and Stratton said the Missouri plant plans to hire about 130 jobs over the next year to accommodate increased production, and that impacted Kentucky employees will have the opportunity to relocate to another facility.