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In September, several packaging manufacturers and materials suppliers disclosed their intentions to close facilities and lay off employees in the coming weeks.
- Greif plans to close its Sweetwater paperboard mill in Austell, Georgia, by the end of this year, which will end the company’s production of coated recycled paperboard. Layoffs for the 95 affected employees are slated to begin Nov. 16. Greif gained this site as part its 2019 acquisition of Caraustar, but this mill has proven to have “limited integration” within the company’s network and wasn’t competitive.
- McKinley Paper and Packaging Co. filed a worker adjustment and retraining notification with the state of California about the permanent closure of its facility in Cerritos. Nov. 30 is the first separation date listed for the 45 affected employees. McKinley is owned by Mexico-based paper and corrugated packaging manufacturer Bio Pappel.
Other updates
- Charter Next Generation, one of North America’s largest plastic film manufacturers, filed a WARN with the state of Texas disclosing a facility closure in Grand Prairie. The first date of layoffs for the 56 affected employees is listed as Nov. 30. CNG has operated this site since July 2025 and plans to shift production elsewhere in its network, according to Plastics News.
- Henkel revised its closure announcement from May for an adhesives manufacturing facility in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Initially, layoffs for the 57 employees were slated to begin in June, operations were expected to end by Sept. 28, and the facility was expected to close permanently by Feb. 28, 2027. An updated WARN filed with the state now bumps dates to next year: the end of operations in March and the facility closure in July. This notice also specifies the anticipated separation dates for 24 employees, with one occurring Sept. 28 and the bulk in March 2027.
