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Silgan Plastics closes Missouri factory
S rigid packaging producer Silgan Plas- 2015, bringing 120 jobs and a $4.3 million pay-
tics has begun the closure of its factory roll, with support from city and state incentives.
Uin Hazelwood, Missouri. However, the decision to shutter the plant re-
flects a strategic shift just weeks after Silgan fi-
The business, part of the Silgan Holdings family nalised its acquisition of Weener Plastics Hold-
of companies, confirmed the decision to close in ings, adding 19 locations primarily in Europe and
December 2024. It described the move as part the Americas.
of a ‘consolidation and transfer of customer vol-
umes to other manufacturing locations’ across The company has closed other plants in recent
Silgan’s global network, which predominantly years including metal container facilities in Mis-
spans Canada, Mexico, South America and Eu- souri and Wisconsin in 2019, and a dispensing
rope. systems plant in Kansas in 2023, citing demand
shifts and cost reduction.
The Hazelwood plant, a blow moulding facility
specialising in plastics bottles, jars, and closures, In December, the company submitted a formal
had its first layoffs on 7 February. The second letter to the Missouri Department of Higher Edu-
wave of closure is due in September and the fa- cation and Workforce Development, notifying
cility’s complete shutdown is expected by the the state of its intent to close its Hazelwood,
end of this year. All 33 employees at the site are Missouri facility.
expected to be terminated as operations wind Source – Plastics Technology
down.
The Hazelwood facility was originally hailed as
a boon to the local economy when it opened in
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