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Originally Posted by old_tv_nut
Evansville was a cabinet plant as the OP said. Not sure why you find that unbelievable. Many manufacturers had cabinet plants in more Southern rural areas.
Glenview was never a manufacturing facility. Only admin and engineering/advanced development.
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I didn't say I did not believe it; however, I was surprised. The mention of Evansville, Indiana as being associated with Zenith surprised me because, as I said in my post, I knew most of Zenith's operations were based in or near Chicago before LG bought them out. I wouldn't have been so surprised if their cabinet works had been in a northwestern Indiana city such as Gary, Crown Point, et al., as these are suburbs of Chicago; what puzzled me was why Zenith's cabinet plant was in a city so far removed from there. Evansville, Indiana is closer to Owensboro, Kentucky than it is to Chicago.
If Glenview, Illinois was the location of Zenith's administration and engineering departments, why does the label on the back of my 1995 Sentry 2 19" color TV have that address plainly printed on it? "Zenith Electronics Corp., Glenview, IL 60025" This is why I thought Zenith must have had a television plant there until the LG takeover. My second Zenith color portable (bought new in 1982) also had a label on the back with basically the same information, except at that time the label read Zenith Electronics Corp., Springfield, MO. Was this another engineering/administration facility before LG barged in and smashed Zenith's reputation all to bits? For that matter, what happened to these facilities (the one in Glenview, IL and the other in Missouri) after the takeover? Are they still standing, and if so, what if anything is in the buildings today?
