At the Owens Corning composites plant in Amarillo, workers dismissed during a previous layoff have been rehired. The company was hit hard by the economic crisis & had to let go 250 workers. The facility, one of largest glass-melting plants in the world, has rehired workers in order to meet the growing need for OC's products around the globe."We have continued to restart capacity to meet increased demand," OC spokeswoman Kerry Desberg said. "We now have about 490 employees at the plant & will be hiring approximately an additional 20 new employees in the next few months." The plant makes composite materials used to reinforce plastic structures, & makes over 300 products. "We have brought back everybody who had been furloughed that was available to come back." The company is now gradually building its work force back to the 2008 figure of 550 employees.
