Detroit-based GM said in a statement that employees were notified last week about the decision, which will affect about 100 hourly and 60 salaried employees.

Rexnord Corp.'s west side plant employs about 290 members of Local 1999, plus salaried workers.

A new study explores where Hoosier manufacturing workers go when they lose their jobs.

The rate stayed at 4.5 percent last month. That's still its lowest level in nearly a year and lower than all of its neighboring states.

Eighty percent of all RVs sold are made in Elkhart, Indiana. And the industry needs more workers than it's been able to find.

But even with the job growth, the state's unemployment rate increased for the third consecutive month.

In the past couple of years, West Central Indiana has created more than 2,000 manufacturing jobs. But it's only filled about 500, according to the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce.

Indiana's private sector added nearly 7,000 jobs last month. Yet the unemployment rate climbed a tenth of a percent to 4.7 percent, its highest level since June.

Carrier Corp. confirmed Wednesday that it plans to relocate its Indianapolis manufacturing operations to Mexico. A move expected to eliminate 1,400 jobs in Indianapolis.

Indiana's unemployment rate decreased for the seventh consecutive month in September, falling to its lowest level in eight years.