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A US bearings company is understood to be setting up a factory at the old ACL Bearing Company site, as well as employing some former workers.
It is understood that some of the machinery at the Rocherlea site is in the process of being consolidated into one smaller plant for the production of bearings, which could see about 50 former ACL staff employed.
ACL produced bearings for specialist high-performance vehicles not available on the open market.
After years of downsizing, the company finally closed its doors at the end of June this year.
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union state secretary John Short said yesterday he understood that a few former employees had been contracted to dismantle the plant.
"Through the last couple of years, there was obviously some interest in buying it before everyone got made redundant, so if there was still some interest, that would be fantastic," Mr Short said.
"We were always hopeful that somebody would buy and operate it, or part of it as a going concern - we've still got our fingers crossed as it would be a very good-quality product."
Receivers for ACL, Grant Thornton receiver and manager Matthew Byrnes said they were in the process of finalising the sale of the former company's assets.
He said that as far as he was aware, the company involved in the purchase had no intention of operating a business in Tasmania.
However, he did not know if that company was in negotiation with another that may.
Mr Byrnes could not comment as to who might be buying the ACL assets but did confirm that it was not the US company named by The Examiner.
ACL former general manager Chris Brooks said he could not comment other than to say that the site was in the process of being decommissioned.
| Product Model | Inside Diameter | Outside Diameter | Thickness |
| SA4-65B NTN | 65 | 105 | 55 |
| SA4-60B NTN | 60 | 100 | 53 |