Dublin-based power management company Eaton will close a Charlotte facility by Aug. 29, resulting in the loss of 76 jobs, according to a mass layoff notice filed with the Department of Commerce this week.
Eaton told affected employees at the Long Creek Park Drive facility in November that the company would be moving operations to other Eaton facilities, a company spokesperson said. “As we increase U.S. manufacturing capacity, we are also finding efficiencies to better support our customers,” the spokesperson said.
Workers at the affected facility assembled residential electric metering products.
Eaton employs more than 4,000 workers in North Carolina across 16 facilities, according to a company spokesman. A 2022 company release stated North Carolina represents Eaton’s largest U.S. employment base.
Eaton employs about 94,000 workers at about 200 locations in 35 countries, according to an SEC filing. The company reported more than $23.2 billion in sales in 2023 while doing business in more than 175 countries. The company’s U.S. headquarters is in Cleveland, Ohio.
Affected employees are not a part of a union and do not have bumping rights. Operations at the site will begin to ramp down and the first employee impacts are expected in March and full site closure by Aug. 30, according to the spokesperson.
Eaton will offer all eligible employees severance packages and outplacement services.
Those interested will be able to apply for other positions at other Eaton manufacturing sites within the Carolinas.
“These sites anticipate additional openings in 2025 and relocation packages for interested employees will be offered as applicable,” according to the spokesperson.
Eaton makes products for the data center, utility, industrial, commercial, machine building, residential, aerospace and mobility markets. Eaton was founded in 1911 and has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange for more than a century.