Ethan Allen announced yesterday that the Danbury, Connecticut-based company will lay off 325 workers from its manufacturing plant in Old Fort, N.C. It is part of a consolidation plan across the company.
The company said the Old Fort plant will maintain a lumber processing facility, but will be converted into a “state-of-the-art distribution center.”
About half U.S. case goods manufacturing done at the Old Fort plant will be consolidated into case goods plants in Vermont, with the other half to be consolidated into the company’s other case goods manufacturing facilities.
Ethan Allen also announced plans for a $5 million expansion of its upholstery manufacturing campus located in Maiden, N.C., which is made up of three plants.
In addition to the 325 layoffs in North Carolina, Ethan Allen announced another 55 layoffs from a N.J., distribution center, which will be closed and moved to North Carolina operations.
