Charlotte, North Carolina-based Daramic, a supplier of high-performance polyethylene battery separators to the lead acid battery industry, abruptly closed its Owensboro, Kentucky, manufacturing facility.
The closure impacted all 156 employees.
According to a company spokesperson, "Daramic has made the difficult decision to shut down manufacturing operations at the Daramic Owensboro facility. We will keep the Owensboro Daramic Technical Center operational to support global business and our ongoing R&D projects. This was a very difficult decision because we know it affects our employees and their families, and we appreciate their service.”
“The Owensboro site is one of our older, less efficient production sites, and the main decision to stop manufacturing was due to the Owensboro plant’s lack of long-term profitability. We have seven remaining large-scale manufacturing facilities positioned around the world, and we can balance production across our other facilities and meet customer demands where we operate globally.”
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