Bob Shiles of The Free Press reports that Department 56 is moving Lenox’s fine china production facility to Oxford:
Lenox will cease production of fine ivory china at its Pomona, N.J. plant on Nov. 14. It is also closing 31 of its 61 retail stores.
Ivory china production is being moved to Kinston because the existing plant on Dobbs Farm Road can manufacture both ivory and bone china. The Kinston plant currently manufactures 100 different china patterns.