Saputo Cheese USA Inc. will close its Suamico manufacturing plant in December, laying off 240 workers, according to a Sept. 3 letter sent to the state Department of Workforce Development.
Phased layoffs will take place in November and December, according to the DWD layoff notice.
All workers at the Suamico plant have been notified of the closure and the timing of the layoffs, the letter said.
The company first announced its decision to close the plant at 13190 Velp Ave., on Feb. 2, 2023. Saputo said the goal was to consolidate and modernize operations, moving packaging operations from its Suamico manufacturing plant to a packaging and distribution facility in Franklin, creating more than 650 jobs in southeastern Wisconsin.
Montreal-based Saputo Inc. recently opened a cold storage distribution facility in Caledonia in southeastern Wisconsin.
This story was updated to correct a misspelling.
This article originally appeared on Green Bay Press-Gazette: Saputo Cheese to close Suamico manufacturing plant by end of December, laying off 240
Reporting by Peter Frank, Green Bay Press-Gazette / Green Bay Press-Gazette
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