RALEIGH – A paper mill will be shut down in Canton and jobs will be cut at another plant, totaling 1,050 layoffs, according to a mass layoff filed with the state of North Carolina.
Pactiv Evergreen, which operates the plants, said layoffs will begin in June. The plant closing was announced earlier this month.
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Some 900 workers will be laid off in Canton. The plant is to be closed by March 9, 2025.
Another 150 workers will lose jobs at a plant in Waynesville.
The layoffs are the largest announced by a company in North Carolina since QVC cut 1,950 jobs after a plant fire in Rocky Mount in December 2021.
