New Balance workers stitch the 1300 Classic model shoes Monday during a tour of the company’s new production facility in Skowhegan. About 430 to 450 people are now working at the Skowhegan factory, company officials said. McCoy said the plan all along was to consolidate the Skowhegan and Norridgewock facilities into the expanded Central Maine factory. It has about 600 employees combined at the Central Maine factory, another factory in Norway, and three retail stores. The company’s old Skowhegan factory is set to be repurposed into office space, gym, conference areas, and meeting rooms, McCoy said.