Local Manufacturer To Close
PolyOne Designed Structures and Solutions has filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification with the Indiana Department of Labor announcing it will permanently close operations in early January.
The Ohio-based company’s local facility at 3454 N. Detroit St., plans to begin ceasing operations by Jan. 6, 2014, ultimately leaving 110 employees out of jobs. The employees at the local facility are represented by the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union AFL-CIO-CLC Local 905.
The company will cease production on or about June 30, 2014, and the plant will close in September 2014.
The company, formerly known as Spartech, manufactures and distributes thermoplastics, additives and other materials.