Member for Orange Andrew Gee has hit back at claims governments did not do enough to help prevent the closure of the Electrolux manufacturing plant in central west New South Wales.

About 300 workers gathered at the factory in Orange on Monday to see the final fridge roll off the production line, and the plant will now be decommissioned.

It comes after the whitegoods company decided in 2013 it was no longer viable to operate in Australia.

Mayor John Davis told the workers "it stinks" that successive governments had done little to prevent the demise of the local manufacturing sector.

"I, as Mayor, have never expected a company to be forced to lose money," Cr Davis said.

"You've got to make money, but all I'm saying is that I think the governments of the day have really got out of this lightly.

"Out here in the bush, you basically fend for yourself."

But Mr Gee said the Mayor was trying to score political points and had ignored the assistance the New South Wales Government offered the company.

'I've done absolutely everything I could', MP says

The Nationals MP said the State Government had offered $4 million worth of payroll tax rebates to help keep the plant open, and spearheaded programs helping workers transition into other industries.

"Me personally, I've done everything that I can to keep that place open," Mr Gee said.

"I'll sleep soundly at night knowing that I've done absolutely everything I could, not only to keep the doors open, but to help those families.

"For John Davis to come out and say that, I think that's disingenuous.

"It's sad but I'm not too worried about it because I know that we've done all that we can.

"Today is a very solemn day. It marks the very sad closure of part of Orange's history, and John has chosen to use that occasion and to make it all about political point scoring."

Federal Member for Calare John Cobb said the State and Federal Governments had worked together to help prevent the plant's closure.

But he said a lack of Australian members on the company's board had played a large part in the decision to close the factory.

"They had made a decision, and yes we've done everything we can to help workers get new jobs, and as Andrew said, the state and federal combined to do everything they could for the workers," Mr Cobb said.

"[Former industry minister] Ian MacFarlane spoke to their CEO in North America who said straight out, 'We have made a decision based on a regional issue, not on profit'."