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In August, a few packaging companies announced permanent or temporary closures at U.S. sites.
- Anchor Glass plans to permanently close a manufacturing facility in Warner Robins, Georgia. All 168 employees will be affected when layoffs begin Oct. 17, according to a worker adjustment and retraining notification filed with the state. Anchor previously declined to comment.
- Packaging Corporation of America filed a WARN with the state of Indiana disclosing the permanent closure of its full-line plant in Gas City. The company anticipates it will lay off the site’s 78 workers the week of Oct. 26. PCA said it’s working with local and state authorities to provide assistance to the affected employees, and it will work with employees who are interested in transferring to another company location with open positions. Hourly and maintenance employees are represented by the United Steelworkers union.
- Pactiv Evergreen, purchased by Novolex last year, filed a WARN in South Carolina regarding the permanent closure of a thermoforming facility in Jackson. The 133 employees there will be affected by layoffs slated to run from Oct. 6 through Nov. 20. Pactiv did not respond to requests for comment.
- Silgan filed a WARN in California about a temporary closure at a metal container facility in Riverbank. The temporary layoff will affect 120 employees there starting Oct. 12. In July, the company announced temporary layoffs at a facility in nearby Modesto that would begin this month and impact 55 employees.
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with an August closure announcement from Packaging Corporation of America.
