Box and packaging company Hood Container plans to lay off 88 workers at its Matthews corrugated box plant.
The facility is expected to close on Dec. 19, according to a filing with the N.C. Department of Commerce. The workers are not represented by a union.
The cuts include 18 machine operators, 13 assistant machine operators, nine forklift operators and the plant manager.
The Atlanta-based company also operates a sheet plant in Arden, Burgaw and Lincolnton, and a corrugator plant in Jamestown and Winston-Salem. It also has a contract packaging facility in Rural Hall.
Its clients include Rubbermaid, King’s Hawaiian and Keurig Dr Pepper.
Another subsidiary of parent Hood Cos. — Hood Packaging — has a facility in Hamlet.