Last modified: Saturday, January 26, 2008 12:48 AM EST Job fair draws over 100 BY RICK FOSTER SUN CHRONICLE STAFF ATTLEBORO - More than 100 job seekers, most employees of Jostens, turned out at a job fair Friday intended to match workers at the soon-to-close ring manufacturing plant with new employment at area firms. The Attleboro Area Chamber of Commerce organized the job fair at Attleboro High School, where about 25 employers, community colleges and technical schools set up informational booths and interviewed prospects. Companies looking for workers included Stern-Leach, E.A. Dion, the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics and Metalor Technologies. Training and placement agencies and vendors included Bristol Community College, Adecco Personnel and the Attleboro Career Center. Jostens, which has maintained a manufacturing presence in Attleboro since the early '60s, plans to close its Attleboro plant Feb. 8 and consolidate its operations in Texas. About 175 people work at the local factory. Lisa Tarantino, human resources manager at the local plant, said the company has brought in benefits specialists, posted job fairs and helped workers update their resumes in preparation for the closing. "Our employees have been very forward looking," Tarantino said. "They have their employment tools together at a time that's kind of sad." Jewelry maker Tiffany sent buses to the Attleboro plant recently to take interested workers on a tour of its facility. Workers who will be losing their jobs next month will take with them expertise that may make them valuable to other employers, said Norm Lamontagne, engineering service manager at Jostens. "We have a lot of long-term employees who have skill sets that will translate well to other companies in the area," Lamontagne said. Chamber executive Jack Lank said most of those in attendance at Friday's job fair were from Jostens, although the event was open to the public.