#plantclosure

Anyone have any information on potentially manufacturing plant layoffs or closings coming up? I know pressure has been high lately.

Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. plans to close its Bowling Green, Ohio plant. The facility closure is scheduled by the end of 2027. This plant manufactures sealing systems and components. These products are supplied to the automotive industry. This marks the company's second Ohio plant closure in six months.

Bowling Green, Ohio

https://www.rubbernews.com/company-moves/rn-cooper-standard-automotive-ohio-plant-closure/

Mittera is closing its commercial printing plant in Jacksonville. This closure will impact 100 full-time employees. The company submitted a WARN notice to city and state officials. The reason for the closure is the loss of Mittera's primary customer. Layoffs are expected to begin after July 16, 2026.

Jacksonville, Florida

https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/mittera-layoffs-jacksonville-printing-plant-closing/77-670b80dd-6cfd-4c67-a05f-c194e9cea1fe

Congratulations Akron management. Your marketing, sales and operations have caused Fayetteville to announce its closing. Well done. What a ridiculous campaign “Fast is in Us”. Fast as into insolvency? Selling of the name? If you are Akron. Shame. You saw the data before all of us. You saw the trend. And you said “we are on track. It’s getting better.”

Instead you developed tires no one wanted. No one needed. If you were here 40 years or 4 months you are the problem.

Danone North America PBD expects to close its Bridgeton factory Aug. 4, according to a notice filed with the New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development.

https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/money/business/2026/05/11/danone-north-america-bridgeton-plant-closing-layoffs/90027192007/

Packaging manufacturers announced over 500 planned layoffs in March. These workforce reductions will occur in the coming months. Advanced Packaging, Genpak, Millwood, PCA, and Smurfit Westrock are among the affected companies. Plant closures are planned in Maryland, Utah, Illinois, Virginia, and Massachusetts. Genpak cited rising polystyrene bans for its Cedar City facility shutdown.

https://www.packagingdive.com/news/march-2026-packaging-manufacturing-closures-layoffs-genpak-pca-smurfit-westrock/816222/

Knouse Foods Cooperative will close its manufacturing plant. The plant is located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. One hundred forty-eight employees will be laid off. Approximately 50 employees will receive transfer offers. The closure is part of a long-term business strategy.

Chambersburg, PA

A manufacturing facility in Mechanicsburg is set to close. Quality Packaging Specialists International operates this plant. The closure is scheduled for July 6. Eighty-three employees will be affected by this action. A WARN notice provided this information.

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

https://local21news.com/news/local/mechanicsburg-manufacturing-facility-to-close-affect-83-employees-quality-packaging-specialists-international-llc-cumberland-county-closure

Danone North America will close its Bridgeton plant. This closure eliminates 114 jobs at the facility. The plant produces Silk and So Delicious dairy-free drinks. Production will transfer to three other plants. Danone cited unsatisfactory performance in its plant-based business.

Bridgeton, New Jersey

https://www.nj.com/business/2026/05/nj-losing-204-jobs-as-dairy-free-milk-plant-and-doubletree-announce-layoffs.html

A production facility in Cullman, Alabama, has ceased all activity. This plant was involved in making mattresses. Its closure resulted in a significant number of job losses. More than one hundred individuals were impacted. The entire site is now permanently shut.

Cullman, Alabama

https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/local/2026/05/04/serta-simmons-closes-alabama-plant-101-laid-off/89898232007/

Armor-IIMAK will close its Amherst manufacturing plant. This action will lead to 199 job layoffs. Only just over 50 jobs will remain. The French company is consolidating its U.S. operations. A WARN notice was filed regarding these layoffs.

Amherst, New York

https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2026/05/07/armor-iimak-amherst-plant-closing-layoffs.html

Accupac will close its New Jersey plant. This action will result in 260 job cuts. Layoffs will occur in two phases. The first phase begins in August. About nine employees will transfer to Pennsylvania facilities.

https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2026/05/05/accupac-harleysville-lakewood-plant-jobs-care.html

Tenneco will close its Smithville, Tennessee plant by mid-2027. This closure affects 146 employees at the Grizzly Lane facility. Another Tenneco plant on East Broad Street will remain open. The decision is part of global restructuring due to auto industry challenges. Tenneco offers assistance programs, career services, and severance packages.

Smithville, Tennessee

https://www.herald-citizen.com/smithville/news/local/tenneco-plant-closing/article_b3c33697-df06-55bd-80a5-bf1ff00d60dc.html

Bridgestone Golf closed its plant in Covington. This closure resulted in 86 job cuts. The company will not entirely leave Georgia. The full article is available to subscribers only. Limited additional details are publicly accessible.

Covington, Georgia

https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2026/05/04/bridgestone-golf-covington-layoffs.html

Kem Krest announced the closure of its Carmel, Indiana plant. Seventy-seven employees face layoffs. The company cited declining sales and business needs. Layoffs will begin on May 9. The process concludes by August 31.

Carmel, Indiana

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/minority-owned-kem-krest-to-close-carmel-plant-lay-off-77-employees/ar-AA1YPNZK?apiversion=v2&domshim=1&noservercache=1&noservertelemetry=1&batchservertelemetry=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1

Cummins will close its Whitestown facility. The company plans to lay off workers. Fifty-nine employees will be affected. This facility is located in Whitestown, Indiana. The closure represents a workforce reduction.

Whitestown, Indiana

https://www.ibj.com/articles/cummins-to-close-whitestown-facility-lay-off-59-workers?utm_source=ibj&utm_medium=home-latest-news

National Safety Apparel is closing its San Antonio Eastside plant. The Ohio-based clothing manufacturer will lay off 68 workers. The facility is scheduled to shut down on June 30. State officials received notice from the company on April 23. Affected employees include sewing machine operators, technicians, and managers.

San Antonio, Texas

https://sanantonioreport.org/san-antonio-national-safety-apparel-factory-shutdown/

A local plant announced significant layoffs. The company is BASF. Half of its workforce will be laid off. This represents about half of the town's population. The layoffs will have community impacts.

Bay Minette, Alabama

https://www.wkrg.com/video/community-impacts-on-basf-production-layoffs/11754866/

Peterson Brands is closing its Fort Myers plant permanently. This action will result in 135 layoffs in Lee County. The facility previously packaged shelf-stable fruit juices for various industries. All affected employees will lose their jobs by June 27. The company filed a WARN letter regarding the total plant shutdown.

Fort Myers, Florida

https://www.businessobserverfl.com/news/2026/apr/27/fort-myers-plant-closure-layoffs/

Idahoan Foods plans to close a facility. This plant is located in Rupert. Sixty-one employees will be impacted. Operations are set to end in June. The company makes instant potato packets.

Rupert, Idaho

https://www.ktvb.com/video/news/local/idahoan-foods-is-closing-its-facility-in-rupert-idaho-61-employees-facing-layoff-due-to-closure/277-c5b107b6-7648-4cdf-8f68-8274135f0d71

Madison County leads Central and Eastern Kentucky in recent layoffs. The Blue Oval SK Group plant in Hardin County closed. This closure affected over 1,500 employees. Louisville and Madison County also experienced hundreds of job losses. UPS will close its Stanton package terminal, affecting 51 jobs.

Frankfort, Kentucky

https://www.wkyt.com/2026/04/23/factcheck-madison-county-leads-central-eastern-kentucky-layoffs-this-year/

Mars Petcare is closing a factory. The factory is located in Henderson, North Carolina. This closure will affect 150 employees. Mars Petcare is a division of consumer giant Mars. The plant is situated in a small town.

Henderson, NC

https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2026/04/22/mars-petcare-henderson-plant-closing-150-layoffs.html

Refresco Beverages US Inc. will close its Carlisle, Ohio, manufacturing facility. This closure will result in 63 job cuts. The company filed a WARN notice regarding the impending shutdown. Shifting customer needs and high operating costs prompted the decision. Manufacturing operations are expected to cease by June 24, 2026.

Carlisle, Ohio

https://whatnow.com/news/local-news/27-year-old-beverage-production-company-to-close-carlisle-facility-lay-off-63/

Parkdale Mills is closing its Davidson County facility. This action will lay off 68 employees. The Lexington factory is scheduled to close on June 7. Increasing energy costs created an unsustainable business model. Parkdale Mills also closed a Walnut Cove facility earlier this year.

Lexington, North Carolina

https://www.aol.com/news/historic-textile-mill-near-charlotte-163409252.html

Perdue Foods will dismantle its Cofield feed mill. This follows a February 21 explosion that shut down operations. Fifteen feed mill employees will be terminated on April 19. These workers received pay and benefits since the incident. Other Perdue complex employees face temporary shutdowns or reassignments.

Cofield, North Carolina

https://wcti12.com/news/local/fifteen-employees-laid-off-after-cofield-feed-mill-explosion

MTD Acquisition Inc. will close its Chisholm and Hibbing facilities. Approximately 77 employees will be laid off due to this closure. The company filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Notice. Initial separations will impact 32 employees in Chisholm by June 14, 2026. All closure activities are expected to conclude by August 13, 2026.

Chisholm, Minnesota

https://www.fox21online.com/news/local/iron-range-company-to-close-and-lay-off-dozens-of-employees/article_4c1a3e83-a43c-4a78-a9cc-64e33b50589b.html

Dana Incorporated announced it will close its facility in Robinson, Illinois. The company informed employees and local officials via a WARN notice. Approximately 80 employees work at this gasket manufacturing plant. Layoffs are expected to begin in June, with the facility closing in October. This move is part of Dana's corporate restructuring efforts.

Robinson, Illinois

https://www.truckpartsandservice.com/products/supplier-updates/article/15822150/dana-inc-streamlining-operations-illinois-plant-closure

Layoffs are occurring at Woodbridge Foam in Blenheim. The plant is retooling for housing industry products. Layoffs will begin in May and continue through December. Up to 88 hourly and eight salaried employees could be laid off. The new product line is planned for launch in 2027.

Blenheim

https://windsornewstoday.ca/chatham/news/2026/04/10/blenheim-plant-retooling-results-in-dozens-of-layoffs

Del Monte Food Corporation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2025. The company aimed to sell its assets and improve its financial standing. Most of its operations found buyers, but a food processing plant in Modesto, California, did not. This facility permanently closed its doors on April 7. The closure resulted in the layoff of 765 employees.

Modesto, California

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/140-year-old-del-monte-lays-off-765-amid-bankruptcy/ar-AA20B5Wq?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds

Packaging Corp. of America plans to close a Richmond converting operation. This closure will result in 110 employee layoffs. Most affected employees will lose their jobs by early June. The company cited a difficult business decision for the action. PCA will offer support and transfer assistance to affected workers.

Richmond, Virginia

https://virginiabusiness.com/packaging-corp-america-layoff-chesterfield-plant/

Regal Rexnord Corp. plans to close its facility in Cudahy. This closure will result in approximately 70 employee layoffs. The company filed a notice with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. Layoffs are scheduled to begin around June 5 and conclude by June 30. Affected employees will not qualify for bumping rights.

Cudahy, Wisconsin

https://www.jsonline.com/story/communities/south/2026/04/03/regal-rexnord-cudahy-closure-70-layoffs/89461340007/

Based on the economic climate and large loss of sales / nobody is buying / nobody can afford our products. Plant closures are next in the manufacturing side. Consolidation of manufacturing 1 plant per state excluding Texas, California, and Florida. If volume ever comes back they will just buy cheap land in the middle of nowhere and make it 1NA plant as this has been the plan for over a year now. For those who don’t know what 1NA is, it’s 1 North America which is Gatorade, Frito Lay, and Pepsi Beverages in the same building either warehouse or manufacturing doesn’t matter the setup. It uses 3PL which is 3rd party logistics meaning frontline employees aren’t even PepsiCo employees. Also 1NA plants are fully automated so estimated reduction of employees by 80%.

Chevron threatening to shut down El Segundo and Richmond is giving tremendous hope to decommissioning and remediation firms since there is way too much land to simply turn them into terminals. SJV will be on the accelerated hit list again too, I imagine.

Or maybe Chevron will accelerate the complete move to India and say sc--w you EPA. Bye bye Houston.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/economy/chevron-threatens-to-shut-down-california-refineries-warning-of-a-dangerous-game-for-gas-prices/ar-AA1ZtZWn

Spartech LLC will permanently close its Muncie, Indiana plant. This closure will affect 125 employees. Layoffs are scheduled to begin on December 23. The company filed a state WARN notice. This notification confirms the facility's permanent shutdown.

Muncie, Indiana

https://www.plasticsnews.com/processors/extrusion/pn-spartech-closing-muncie-indiana-sheet-plant/

In December 2025, Illinois experienced 683 mass layoffs. Chicago's collar counties saw nearly half of these job cuts. APL Logistics and S&S Active were the largest contributors to these job losses. APL Logistics cited plant closures; S&S Active cited consolidation. Most December layoffs stemmed from complete business closures.

Illinois

https://www.illinoispolicy.org/apl-logistics-ss-active-both-see-mass-layoffs/

Tyson recently laid off nearly 5,000 employees. These cuts impacted beef processing plants in Texas and Nebraska. An Arkansas expert links these layoffs to broader beef industry issues. The U.S. has its lowest beef cow population in 70 years. This trend could lead to more layoffs and plant closures.

Fayetteville, Arkansas

https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/regional/arkansas-news/arkansas-expert-tyson-layoffs-beef-industry-issues/527-2270a346-c9c6-48c9-9bc3-a081f263a89b

Due to poor sales we are shutting down Topeka for a week. Here is the kicker. This is not going to be the only factory or just a one time occurrence. My understanding we are well below targets and look to have a longer shut down in July.

If you are management in Akron, you are the problem. From low manager to President.

They’re combining and eliminating some roles at the sites. Mainly in maintenance and quality from what I know. Maintenance planners is one.

Three facilities are closing and 572 people are getting cut, all amid federal fraud case.

Anheuser-Busch will close its Merrimack, New Hampshire manufacturing plant early next year. This facility has operated for over 50 years. Approximately 125 full-time employees in New Hampshire are affected. The company offers jobs at other facilities and severance packages. Two other plants in California and New Jersey are also closing, impacting 475 total employees nationwide.

https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/12/12/anheuser-busch-merrimack-new-hampshire-closure-layoffs