Following The Blade's investigative series Shut Down & Shipped Out, readers are encouraged to share their stories about factory closings, job loss and hiring struggles.
Visit the Shut Down & Shipped Out blog to leave extended comments and to view videos of area residents thrown out of work when their employer shuttered or moved operations.
READ SERIES
DAY 1: Factory closings rock the region as other states gain from Ohio's pain
DAY 1: Fostoria endures fallout from string of plant closings
DAY 2: Archbold workers fell victim to corporate cleaver
DAY 2: Four year after American Lincoln plant closed, former employees struggle to recover
DATABASE
FACTORY SEARCH:
Search through our database of closed factories to see how many jobs were lost and where they went.