ThyssenKrupp Presta, Vigo County: 207 Jobs, Phased Shutdown Through March 2027

ThyssenKrupp Presta filed its WARN Act notice June 30 covering the plant at 1597 East Industrial Drive in Vigo County's Industrial Park. The phased shutdown begins August 30, 2026, and completes March 31, 2027, with production consolidating to the Hamilton, Ohio facility. COO Viktor Molnar cited "changing customer requirements, volume developments, and cost structures", but the Hamilton facility isn't just absorbing displaced volume. It's receiving targeted investment and selective staffing increases while ThyssenKrupp simultaneously funds steer-by-wire development and an electromechanical brake collaboration with BWI Group targeting 2026 production. That's what a technology consolidation site looks like. OEMs are structurally compressing order books for conventional mechanical component plants through 2027 and beyond, and tariff conditions don't change that trajectory. If your product portfolio centers on conventional mechanical subcomponents, the time to map which OEM platform transitions are already in motion is before the next WARN notice lands in your county, not after.