A major contractor for Bud Light maker Anheuser-Busch is shutting down two of its glass bottling plants in North Carolina and Louisiana, laying off about 600 employees, amid declining sales of the beer.
The Ardagh Group, headquartered in Luxembourg, is one of the largest glass producers in the world with more than 100 plants in operation.
In a release about the impending closures, obtained by the Lincoln Parish Journal late last month, Ardagh said it will close its Simsboro, Louisiana, and Wilson, North Carolina glass production facilities in mid July. Some reports have pinpointed the date of the closures to July 17.
Around 245 employees will lose their jobs with the closure of the plant in Simsboro, and an estimated 390 employees will lose their jobs at the glass bottling plant in Wilson, according to most reports….