Column: Cut-off and powered down: Linamar plant rebounds post-Hurricane Helene

Flood water rushes over a highway. — Roads turned to rivers: the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina. (JANEL ROWBOTHAM)

December 08, 2024 06:00 PM

Linamar Corp., a major global supplier of automotive parts, saw its operations in Mills River, N.C., grind to a halt in late September as Hurricane Helene tore through the region.

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