The multinational food company Nestlé will close one of its factories in the United States and will transfer all the production that it still maintains in these facilities to another plant of the group. The termination is scheduled for the third quarter of 2027, although the workers have already been informed of the decision. A decision that also responds to the readjustment that the company is carrying out at a global level and that could already be reflected with the ERE that it announced in Spain of up to 301 employees, although this was finally reduced after reaching an agreement with the unions.
As the media claims Large Consumptionand based on information from Just Foodthe factory affected by the cessation of activity is Solon, located in the state of Ohio, in the United States, where Nestlé produces products packaged in bags intended mainly for the restaurant sector. Production will move to the company’s plant in Gaffney, South Carolina.
Employees were informed of the closure on October 19, although the company has not yet announced how many jobs will be affected. What is expected is that productive activity will definitively end during the third quarter of 2027.
Nestlé will concentrate production in another factory
The decision is part of a reorganization of Nestlé’s industrial capacity and does not mean that the multinational completely abandons Solon.
The company explains that the closure responds to the evolution that both customer needs and production volumes have experienced.
“We came to the conclusion that taking advantage of the existing capacity in other units in our network was the most sustainable option,” Nestlé said in statements collected by Just Food and published by Large Consumption.
In this way, the multinational will stop producing in this factory, but will maintain other facilities in the same location. Solon’s corporate operations and research and development (R&D) will continue to operate.
In addition, Nestlé continues to have a significant industrial presence in Ohio, where it has seven plants and where last August it inaugurated a new factory dedicated to the production of pet food.
The closure is part of a reorganization of its operations
It is not the first adjustment that Nestlé has made in these facilities. Two years ago, the multinational had already reduced the workforce at the Solon factory, which previously also produced products for retail sale under brands such as Lean Cuisine and Stouffer’s.
Now, the company has decided to concentrate the remaining production in South Carolina, taking advantage of the industrial capacity that it already has available in that plant.
All this big change comes at a time when Nestlé combines internal adjustments with new investments. While preparing the closure of Solon, the multinational continues to increase its production capacity in other markets.
Among its plans is to reinforce its presence in Mexico, where it plans to invest another 1 billion dollars until the end of 2030. This amount is added to another investment program for the same amount previously announced and which must be completed by the end of 2027.
This plan includes, among other actions, a factory for Maggi products, a center dedicated to the Purina pet food business and an increase in the production capacity of Nescafé coffee in Veracruz.
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Thus, while Nestlé continues to invest in certain factories and markets, the Solon plant is now facing its final stretch. Production will end in 2027 and will be concentrated in another of the facilities that the multinational already has operational.