Nearly 300 employees out of work after Johnsonville closes packing plant in far south suburbs
The Momence Packing Company, located at 334 North Street in Momence, was shuttered as of Monday, a spokesperson for Johnsonville, the Wisconsin-based sausage manufacturer, has confirmed.
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The Momence facility was built in 1962 and began producing Johnsonville products in 1995. According to Johnsonville, the closing impacts 274 employees, who were notified Monday and will receive continued pay and benefits for 60 days.
'We made the difficult decision after evaluating how best to optimize our operations network to address current and future growth,' the spokesperson said in a statement. 'The work from this facility will transition to three other production facilities in Wisconsin and Kansas.'
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Johnsonville said it plans to demolish the Momence facility by the end of this year.
The company also says about 100 new jobs will be created between two of its Wisconsin plants by the third quarter of this year, 20 to 25 new jobs in Sheboygan Falls and 70 to 75 new jobs in Watertown.
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