South-Carolina
Milliken closing Screven Co. plant, moving to Cherokee Co. in South Carolina
SCREVEN COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) – Lots of of employees at one Screven County manufacturing unit could possibly be searching for work by the top of the 12 months.
The textile firm introduced plans to shut a plant that’s been round for greater than a half century.
Milliken’s announcement leads neighborhood leaders what they will do to assist these employees who could possibly be out on the finish of the 12 months.
The corporate introduced yesterday their plans to shut the Screven County plant and transfer the operations to Cherokee County, South Carolina.
It means the lack of 250 jobs to the neighborhood at a plant that’s been open underneath completely different homeowners for 60 years.
“Milliken is our second largest personal employer. So it’s definitely an enormous loss to our neighborhood,” stated Dorie Bacon, with the Screven Co. Improvement Authority.
The corporate initiatives they’ll shut in January. Bacon says the event authority will work to deliver different industries right here that might rent from Milliken’s workers.
“Us, and our current industrial companions within the area, are dedicated to discovering them good jobs sooner or later.”
She says they will group with a brand new trade to get employees retrained for brand spanking new careers.
She additionally says they’ll proceed to work with Milliken so long as they’re in operation right here.
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