The Chicago factory was closed permanently in December 1983.
Domestic U.S. production moved to Greenville, MS, starting in mid-1981, and in 1982 60,000 bikes were built in Greenville. Schwinn continued to use "Chicago" on the head badges since the company remained headquartered there until the November, 1992 bankruptcy. If the bike was made in the U.S. in '84 or '85, it was made in Greenville. The Greenville plant closed in October, 1991.
Paramount production moved from the Chicago factory "cage" to a new Paramount Design Group facility in Waterford, WI, in 1980/1981, and remained there until the new post-bankruptcy owners of Schwinn (Zell-Chilmark and Scott Sports) put the Paramount "to sleep" in 1994.
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