Smith County Business Closing
Posted/updated on: November 10, 2012 at 5:41 am
WINONA – A Tyler packing plant will be closing within the next two months. RockTenn is located near Winona off Interstate Highway 20. Robin Keegan with RockTenn headquarters in Georgia tells KETK “We look at market conditions. We look at plant efficiency. We look at transportation cost. There are numerous factors that we are constantly evaluating at all of our facilities.”
The company notified employees on Wednesday of their intentions to close the plant. The decision may not have been a total surprise. Of the 56 people employed at the plant, nine were let go in February and 24 more were laid off in May.
