First Brands Group, GridHawk and Marc Glassman Among Firms Reporting WARN Layoffs
Multiple companies filed WARN notices Oct. 3–4 reporting 3,082 job losses across manufacturing, logistics, retail and services.
First Brands Group and affiliated units and several manufacturers and service providers filed WARN notices disclosing workforce reductions for the Oct. 3–4 reporting period that together account for 3,082 affected workers, according to the filings with state regulators.
Among the largest single employers, First Brands Group Wood and First Brands Group Darke each reported cuts of 302 employees, per a WARN filing with state regulators. GridHawk filed a notice reporting a reduction of 248 employees, the filing shows. Manufacturing and logistics-related filings were prominent: Carry-On-Trailer Inc (American Trailor World Corp-ATW) reported 179 impacted roles at its Montross, Virginia facility, per a WARN filing with state regulators, and Ardor Delivery Services filed for 179 layoffs, the filing indicates.
Retail and distribution were also affected. Marc Glassman, Inc. disclosed that the sale of its Parma distribution center will result in 55 employees losing their jobs, according to a WARN filing with state regulators; the filing says the cuts are tied to the sale of that facility. Pixelle Specialty Solutions Fremont reported the elimination of 61 jobs at its Fremont, Ohio paper operations after the transfer of the facility's operations to a buyer, per a WARN filing with state regulators.
Other notices included manufacturing and industrial services reductions: Down-Lite International, Inc. reported 164 job losses and Evergreen Recycling LLC reported 163, both in WARN filings with state regulators. Trailer and transportation sector moves included PJ Trailer at 116 jobs and Ten Sixty Logistics LLC at 125 jobs, according to the respective WARN filings.
Smaller filings covered a mix of service and professional employers. Senior Resource Connection reported 190 affected employees, Parsec, LLC filed for 115 cuts, and Milestone Technologies, Inc. reported 105 layoffs, each per WARN filings with state regulators. Technology and creative sector notices included Meteor Creative, Inc. at 66 and GridHawk (noted above) at 248, both in state filings.
Several firms reported single- or low-double-digit reductions: Notions Marketing (3), Vestis Services, LLC (2), JeniusBank SMBC Manubank (2), Main Street Sports Group Cincinnati (8) and Main Street Sports Group Cleveland (27), all in WARN filings with state regulators.
Other companies reporting cuts via WARN filings include 2 Republic National Distributing Company (56), Pioneer Cladding & Glazing Systems, Inc. (43), Sumaria Systems, LLC (57), Powers and Sons, LLC (53), Down-Lite International, Inc. (164), Optalis Professional Services LLC (122), Venture Solutions/Taylor Technology Services (60), FTI Buyer LLC BIDFTA online actions (104), New Horizons Baking Company (68), Turf Care Supply Corp. (46), Marc Glassman, Inc. (55), Carry-On-Trailer Inc (American Trailor World Corp-ATW) (179), Pixelle Specialty Solutions Fremont (61) and others, as reflected in state WARN filings.
The consolidated count across the submitted notices for the Oct. 3–4 reporting window totals 30 separate layoff records affecting 3,082 workers, per WARN filings with state regulators. Several filings tie job losses to plant or facility sales; others list no additional detail about timing, severance or departmental impacts in the filed notices.
(Reporting based on WARN filings with state regulators.)