Chico’s FAS is expanding its distribution center in Barrow County, Georgia. The Fort Myers, Florida-based women’s fashion retail chain will create 189 full-time jobs there over the next three years. In January, the retailer eliminated 180 positions, and announced the closure of up to 25 stores. Chico’s is a retail women’s clothing chain founded in 1983 in [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 1, 2009
CVS/pharmacy (yes, they spell it that way) will open a new distribution center in Elmira, New York. Construction will begin this summer on the facility, which will serve as distribution hub for 350 CVS/pharmacy stores. Empire State Development is giving CVS a $4 million JOBS Now grant, to be disbursed in 2011. In addition, the state Division [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, May 9, 2009
Husky Injection Molding will furlough 32 workers from its Buffalo, New York parts distribution center, or 60% of the facility’s workforce. More layoffs are planned for August and October. Bolton, Ontario’s Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. is the world’s largest brand name supplier of injection molding equipment and services to the plastics industry. Share This Story:
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Reckitt Benckiser has broken ground on a new $35 million manufacturing facility in Tooele, Utah, and will create 200 jobs. The facility should be finished in Q1 2010. It will also serve as a distribution hub. Reckitt Benckiser PLC is a global consumer goods company, making and marketing home, health and personal care products. Headquartered near London, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 27, 2009
Hanesbrands will lay off 500 employees in corporate management and in distribution. Two hundred and fifty management employees will get notices this week; 200 of them based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Hanesbrands will also lay off 40 employees from its Winston-Salem distribution center, which will shutter in March 2010. The remaining 200 workers will be laid off [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 24, 2009
Pennsylvania’s Democratic Governor Ed Rendell has announced support for three investment projects in Luzerne County, which together will generate $11.6 million in total investment and create more than 490 jobs. Quietflex Manufacturing, which makes flexible air ducts for HVAC systems, will get $236,550 in state assistance to establish a manufacturing facility in Pittston. The plant will [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 19, 2009
American Power Conversion will relocate its Rhode Island manufacturing & distribution operations from West Warwick to a plant in Middletown, Pennsylvania, eliminating 75 jobs. Another 25 jobs will be moved. The firm’s corporate headquarters will remain in Rhode Island. Laid off employees will get a severance package and placement assistance. The company manufactures equipment to manage power for [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 10, 2009
GreenTech Manufacturing will invest more than $20 million in a new manufacturing and distribution center in Douglas, Georgia, creating 320 jobs. The company makes environmentally friendly construction products. Governor Sonny Perdue says the company will offer high-quality and high-paying administrative, technical and operational jobs. GreenTech uses up to 95% recycled materials to make lightweight construction products. The firm [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, February 28, 2009
Jewelry distributor Finley is packing up its Orange, Connecticut operations and taking 200 jobs to North Carolina. Finley sells to 674 department stores like Bloomingdales and retailers like Bailey, Banks & Bittle. The firm is moving to Greensboro, North Carolina, leaving all 170 employees at its Connecticut distribution center out of a job. In a letter to employees, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 25, 2009
McLane, a national chain store supply company, will spend $60 million to build a warehouse and distribution facility in Republic, Missouri. The new distribution facility will create 400 new full-time jobs within a year of its opening, with an average starting wage of $32,259. McLane, a $30 billion company based in Temple, Texas, provides grocery and food [...]
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