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The Columbus-based chemical make r said it plans to move its customer service group to existing operations in Gahannawand Springfield, Ore. Spokesma n Peter Loscocco said a few jobs from Hexion operationsdin Carpentersville, Ill., will head to where the company employs 17 workers. The Ohio Department of Developmeny in 2007 granted the companya 10-year tax incentive to establis h a 12,000-square-foot service center in Gahanna that the compant pledged would employ up to 45 workers withijn three years. Hexion on Friday also unveiled plans to tweakk manufacturing and distribution operations at plantsin Calif.; Roebuck, S.C.; Ennis, Forest Park, Ga.; and Carpentersville.
Loscoccok said the changes, which are aimed at boosting servicwe to customers and cutting will include an undetermined number of job cuts at the Californiaa andIllinois sites. No interruption in operations is expectesd as a result ofthe changes, the companhy said. Hexion expects to wrap up the realignmenyt beforeApril 2010. The former changed its name in 2005, when it mergex with Houston-based chemical producers and All three companiez are ownedby , a New York-basesd investment firm. Hexion, which employs 250 workers in Central Ohioand 6,800 lost $1.19 billion on $6.
09 billion in revenue last