**EXCLUSIVE** MUST CREDIT EDISONREPORT
UPDATE: 6 DEC 2012: 9:32 am–EdisonReport can now confirm that the Elgin, IL distribution center is also closing. 21 jobs.
On 1 APR, 2011, EdisonReport ran a story that the Philips plant in Bath, NY was discontinuing production of HPS lamps and 40 jobs would be elimitated. Today, EdisonReport can confirm that the entire plant will now be closing. HID lamps will be manufacutured in other Philips locations. About 280 jobs will be eliminated with this closing.