A Spring Grove paper maker is tapping a new CEO as it works to turn around its finances.Pixelle Specialty Solutions has named Julie Schertell as its CEO.She
A Harrisburg-based manufacturer of windows and doors is closing two plants in Florida but opening another one as it looks to focus on its best-selling products.MITER Brands is shutting down Miami-area plants in Hialeah and Medley that employ about 440 people, according to a company spokesperson.It is relocating production of high-demand products to other Florida plants […]
Flooring manufacturer AHF Products is closing a factory in Somerset, Kentucky, and moving production to other facilities. The decision follows an internal review finding that consolidating production is the best way to match the company’s factory capacity with the current and projected demand for its products, according to a company release.The Kentucky plant employs about […]
After announcing layoffs last month and trying unsuccessfully to find a buyer for its operations, a Lebanon County lumber company filed for bankruptcy this month.Based in South Annville Township, Weaber Inc. saw annual sales climb above $100 million in the late 2010s, according to the company’s bankruptcy filing.But sales plunged over the last two years as […]
When electrical components manufacturer SESCO outgrew its Mont Alto plant in the mid-2010s, the company leased a second facility in Waynesboro.The company has operated in both buildings for a decade, according to SESCO founder, owner and president David Souders.But now, SESCO’s 87 employees are poised for a reunion.The company is buying a former TE Connectivity plant at 627 N. […]
Lancaster-based flooring maker Ecore International has purchased an Ohio-based company that specializes in playground surfacing.Based in Copley, Ohio, near Akron, Pro-Techs Surfacing LLC sells, designs and installs the surfacing. Terms of the transaction — Ecore’s second in as many months — were not disclosed.Pro-Techs, which employs 22 people, does no manufacturing. But the company’s sales and installation services complement Ecore’s […]
Hanover-based snack food company Utz Brands Inc. plans to wind down operations at a plant and warehouse in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as part of an ongoing effort to concentrate production at its larger, more efficient factories. Manufacturing at the Grand Rapids plant is slated to end by Jan. 30, followed by the end of warehouse operations on May […]
Less than a month after deciding to close a lumber operation in northwestern Pennsylvania, Weaber Inc. is consolidating operations in Lebanon County and laying off 145 workers.The lumber company is vacating a distribution center at 25 Keystone Drive in South Annville Township and shifting work to its headquarters location at 1231 Mount Wilson Road, also in […]
Lancaster-based flooring manufacturer Ecore International has acquired a firm based in New York state with operations in Franklin County.The company is HTI Recycling, a tire collection, recycling and crumb rubber manufacturing company based in Lockport.The deal also includes HTI subsidiaries D&G Heavy Equipment Leasing and Edge Rubber Recycling, which has a plant in Chambersburg.Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Why is […]
A York-area candy company has more than doubled its factory footprint after taking over a peer based in Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County.After six decades of family ownership, The Warrell Corp. and its 230,000-square-foot plant have been sold to Wolfgang Confectioners, which operates out of a150,000 square-foot facility in Loganville.Terms of the transaction, which closed last month, […]
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