MUSKEGON, Mich. (WOOD) — Muskegon-based Hemisphere Design Works, a major kayak manufacturer, will be closing.
The company says it unsuccessfully tried to seek capital to avoid closing. Leaders also “unexpectedly” learned its lender would not provide more funds, according to a letter from Hemisphere Design Works sent to the state of Michigan.
“At 11:00 (Tuesday) they called us to a meeting in the middle of the shop and informed us that things didn’t work out with the banks. I don’t know it’s higher up than me, but they informed us we wouldn’t have jobs,” former employee Davis Bonebrake said.
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