Textile Manufacturer Announces Plant Closure in Alabama, Expansion in Florida

---

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Textile manufacturer WestPoint Home (Greenville, Alabama) has announced plans to close its textile plant in Greenville and consolidate operations at its existing textile plant in Chipley, Florida.

The plans were announced earlier this year. Layoffs are expected to begin in April, with the plant closing by the end of the year. The company is giving the employees the opportunity to transfer to the existing Chipley plant, but it will add only 75 to 100 jobs. The Greenville plant employs 190, while the Chipley plant currently employs 400.

In 2009, WestPoint announced plans to close its Chipley plant. In November 2010, the company announced that the facility would remain open and that it would close the Alabama plant instead. The Chipley plant, which opened in 1983, manufactures comforters, bed spreads, bed skirts and other textile accessories for beds, while the Greenville plant manufactures blankets and other textile accessories.

WestPoint Home is considered one of the leading manufactures of home textiles in the U.S. The company operates under brand names such as Martex, Vellus, Utica, Grand Patrician and Lady Pepperell. The company was founded in 1965.

View Plant Profile - 1041397 1020536
View Project Report - 300027028

Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. IIR's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle™, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities.