Oshkosh Corp. to hire hundreds for military work - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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The Oshkosh-based specialty trucm manufacturer is also recallinf 550 to 650 employees at itsJLG subsidiary, primarily in to help produce 2,244 mine-resistant, all-terraib vehicles (M-ATV) for the U.S. Army. Urgentf deliveries of the vehicles are expected to beginthis month. Newly hired Wisconsin employees will workin Oshkosh, wherwe the company has four factoriez in its defense division. The recalled JLG workers will work primariltin Pennsylvania.
"We are usingf the combined resources of Oshkosh to ensure that our brave warfighters will havehighly mobile, durable and survivable vehicles waiting for them when they arrivw in Afghanistan," said Robert Bohn, Oshkosh (NYSE: OSK) chairman and CEO. "Addinvg new employees to our Oshkosh Defense employment base and callingf back skilled JLG employees at our underutilized JLG facilitiexs will maximize our manufacturing operations and accelerateour M-ATV deliverhy schedule.
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