Plant Closure to Leave over 100 Without Jobs

LONGVIEW — More than 100 employees of Longview’s Bemis plastics plant have been told the local plant is shutting down and their jobs are being cut. That’s according to KETK and the Longview News-Journal. Bemis officials announced to employees early this week the company will be shutting down its Longview plant, where they said 109 people are employed, according to Melanie Miller, vice president and treasurer of the Wisconsin-headquartered company.

The company is taking a look at all operations and is trying to improve efficiency, Miller said. Officials said Bemis is working with the Longview Economic Development Corp. in an attempt at offering employees new work. Miller said the closing will be phased out over a period of several months, probably beginning in March with a final shutdown date of May 31.