{"id":127971,"date":"2026-08-21T15:52:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T15:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/127971\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T15:52:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T15:52:18","slug":"slotkin-mcdonald-rivet-blame-politics-for-the-closure-of-sk-siltron-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/127971\/","title":{"rendered":"Slotkin & McDonald-Rivet blame politics for the closure of SK Siltron | Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin and Congresswoman Kristen McDonald Rivet are blaming partisan politics for the closure of a major industrial facility in Bay County.<\/p>\n


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BAY COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) – Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin and Congresswoman Kristen McDonald Rivet are blaming partisan politics for the closure of a major industrial facility in Bay County.<\/p>\n

ABC12 reported last month when SK Siltron announced it would close its Monitor Township semiconductor facility.<\/p>\n

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The company manufactures silicon wafers for electric vehicles and pointed to significant shifts in that market as a reason for the closure, which will affect 140 employees across the Great Lakes Bay Region.<\/p>\n

“This kind of loss isn’t just about the 140 jobs,” Slotkin said. “It’s about the statement it says about believing in our future that Michigan can grow and be a leader in new fields. Sorry we had to have this press conference. Sorry about the job loss. But I think it’s important to recognize that unless we fight for it and show up for our community, we are going to lose opportunities because of politics.”<\/p>\n

Both Slotkin and McDonald Rivet blamed federal policies, including tariffs, energy policy decisions and the elimination of incentives, as factors that created the instability for the business.<\/p>\n

Then-President Joe Biden attended the facility’s opening in 2022.<\/p>\n

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