Gibson Guitars Plant Is Raided
By DAVE ITZKOFF The chief executive of the
Gibson Guitar company will take a leave of absence from an environmental group after a federal raid on the company’s factory in Nashville,
The Tennessean reported. On Tuesday,
The Tennessean reported, agents of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service served a search warrant on company officials at a Gibson manufacturing plant where its acoustic and electric guitars are made. The agents did not say what they were searching for or if anything was removed from the plant. But some hardwoods used in making premium guitars, like rosewood from the rain forests of Madagascar and Brazil, have recently been banned under a federal law called the Lacey Act because of environmental concerns. In a statement to The Tennessean, Gibson said that it was “fully cooperating with agents of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service as it pertains to an issue with harvested wood.” The
Rainforest Alliance, a conservation group, said the Gibson chief executive, Henry Juszkiewicz, would not rejoin its board until the federal investigation ends.
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