Polymer group to close NLR plant; 140 jobs gone.(Inside Business)

Polymer Group Inc. of Charlotte, N.C., said it would close its North Little Rock plant and consolidate manufacturing operations at its Benson, N.C., plant "to maintain competitiveness in response to major global downturns in industrial markets." The plant employs 140 people.

The company said it plans to phase out operations of its North Little Rock facility by the end of March 2010. It will relocate portions of its hydroen-tanglement and fusible fiber businesses "to increase efficiency, reduce costs and maintain its high quality levels."

The 465,000-SF plant at 1301 E. Eighth St. was built and opened in 1956. It became part of PGI in 1995 when the company bought the Chicopee business from Johnson & Johnson.

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