The combination caused the company to report a loss of nearly $14 million.
The weak economy is also causing companies to cut back.
"I think the fact we put this legislation into effect will cause American companies to pause before taking action."
They insist that the two plants together would cause other nearby companies to move.
The expenses caused the company to post a loss of $57.3 million in the period.
This will cause companies with no cash to disappear by the thousands - we haven't seen anything yet.
One of the most important things, for me, personally, is that the common regulations should not cause smaller companies to go under.
The Denver experience, however, has apparently not caused the company to lose heart, or customers.
Lack of finance and bad debts caused the company to close in 1984.
And both made errors, they say, that caused the company to end up for sale.