Flambeau Inc. is closing a Georgia plant, putting 89 people out of work.
The Baraboo, Wis.-based company said production at its Madison, Ga., location will cease between July 31 and Aug. 13, according to a letter to employees.
"Flambeau truly regrets that these actions are necessary. We deeply appreciate the loyalty of our associates and our foremost concern is to help you find other employment," CEO Randall Loga said in the letter.
"We will be providing various means of assistance through applicable government agencies and other organizations to all of our associates to help with the transition process."
Flambeau said the company "will be transferring the operations" now taking place in Madison to other plants.
Workers will receive health, dental and vision coverage until the end of the month of their termination, the company said, and then will be able to continue through COBRA coverage.
The Georgia location is 150,000 square feet and includes 12 injection molding presses ranging from 70 to 1,500 tons of clamping force and 11 blow molding machines, according to the company's website.
Other Flambeau locations are in Auburn Hills, Mich.; Baraboo; Columbus, Ind.; Middlefield and Wadsworth, Ohio; Phoenix; Ramsgate, England; Saltillo, Mexico; and Shenzhen, China.
Flambeau is part of the Nordic Group of Companies Ltd., of Baraboo, which also includes Duncan Toys Co., the famed maker of yo-yos and other children's toys.
Flambeau makes a wide variety of blow molded and injection molded products for many applications. This diversity means the firm is ranked by Plastics News in the 100 largest companies for blow molding, injection molding and mold making in North America.
The latest injection molding ranking, just published by Plastics News, has Flambeau as No. 64 with estimated sales of $165 million in that category in 2023. For blow molding, the company was No. 21 with estimated sales of $155 million in 2022. And for mold making, Flambeau checks in at No. 53 with estimated sales of $10 million in 2022. Updated blow molding and mold making rankings based on 2023 sales will be published later this year.