'What are we going to do next?' ask former BorgWarner workers

By Keith Roysdon, Star Press

kroyson@muncie.gannett.com

MUNCIE -- For Bill Wilkey, the quiet is the surest sign that the end has arrived for BorgWarner Automotive's sprawling Kilgore Avenue plant.

"You're so used to machines running and you can't hear yourself think," said Wilkey, a 24-year employee of the auto parts plant. "Now, you can hear a pin drop. It's like going into a dead, empty building."