In one of the biggest layoffs in Tennessee in the past five years, the Waupaca Foundry shut down most of its automotive casting foundry in Etowah and idled its melt, molding and core room production. ![]() The biggest employment loss in the region came last spring at the Waupaca Foundry in McMinn County, where 540 workers lost their jobs. Last month, Volkswagen supplier Thyssen Krupp announced it will close its Chattanooga operations in the VW supplier park by May, idling 156 workers. The planned staff cuts by National Seating are the latest in more than a half dozen major layoffs noticed under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act in Southeast Tennessee over the past year. Their experience and excellent reputation, teamed with core values and culture that closely align with ours, led us to select AGS as NSM's revenue-cycle partner." "AGS offers a variety of services and solutions with specialized staff, highly efficient processes and advanced technologies. "We are continually looking for new and different ways to advance our operations and better serve our clients, including through external partnerships like AGS," Mixon said in his statement. Mixon said the company will continue to handle all customer interactions with clients and referral sources, but AGS has more than a decade of experience helping health care providers nationwide to improve the performance of their revenue cycle. "As NSM is a privately held company, we are unable to share details regarding impacted employees, but we are providing those team members with the support and resources needed to find comparable employment," she said in an emailed statement Friday. National Seating has operated in Chattanooga since 1994 and will maintain an office in Chattanooga, according to company spokeswoman Angie Van Tassell. The affected employees, who are not represented by any labor unions, will be offered help in finding other employment by the company and the Southeast Local Workforce Development Area rapid response team. In a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notice about the company's planned layoffs in Chattanooga, the company said the staff cuts in Chattanooga will begin March 23 and continue through July. ![]() ![]() "While this is clearly the right decision to further strengthen our business, it will impact current team members," Bill Mixon, chief executive of National Seating, said in a statement to employees about the change. The company, a Franklin, Tennessee-based supplier of wheelchairs, walkers and other mobility devices, said it has chosen AGS Health to perform administrative operations related to funding, billing and collections, which are now largely done at National Seating's office in the Shallowford Business Park West in Chattanooga.ĪGS is a revenue cycle management provider with offices in India and elsewhere around the globe and handles medical bills and collections for a number of major hospital networks, physician groups and equipment suppliers in the United States. The amp will accept signals from both input ports and out through the speaker at the same time.National Seating & Mobility is outsourcing its billing and collections and will lay off 108 workers in Chattanooga over the next four months, according to company filings this week with the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The amp has a microphone input and a MP3 input. Comes with adjustable waist or neck band and a removable belt clip.Can be worn inside a costume in many different ways. Battery life will last 2-3 years. Simplified battery replacement door. Features: Rechargeable lithium batteries that last 6-8 hours of continuous use before needing a charge. Possible Uses: Costumes, Props, Electronic sound effects, MP3 player, Teachers, Professors, Ministers, Coaches, Tour guides, and Presentations. ![]() VoiceBooster Small Super Powerful Voice Amplifier/Speaker (10 watts) Portable Waistband Voice Booster PA Amplifier VoiceBooster Aker-MR100 Voice Amplification 2.0! Finally an Upgrade! Model: VoiceBooster MR100 (Aker) Color: Black Peak Power output: 10 Watts Frequency response: 100hz ± 13db1khz ± 1db Dimensions: 3.74” x 3.35” x 1.38” (95mm x 85mm x 35mm) Weight (w/ Batteries): 0.62 lbs (281 g) Voltage : 7.5v Current consumption: 150mA Speaker Sensitivity: 53 dBV/A +- 3 dB Power Source: Built-in Lithium Rechargeable batteries Battery Life: 6-8 hours, 6 hour recharge, 2-3 year life (replacements available) Also included: Headset microphone, Charger cable (US plug), MP3 cable (male to male 3.5mm), MP3 line in port, Microphone line in port, Removable belt clip, adjustable waist band, Carry bag.
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