Emerson to close Charlottesville-area facility, laying off all workers

Emerson Electric, a St. Louis-based Fortune 500 engineering company, plans to close its Charlottesville-area facility by the end of the year, which produces programmable logic controllers. The closure will leave "hundreds" of workers without jobs, according to the report, though no exact employee count or specific layoff date was provided. The announcement frames the action as a facility shutdown rather than a department-specific reduction, and the report gives no additional details about severance, transfers, or reasons beyond the planned closure. Timing is described as occurring by year-end, but the article does not cite a precise date or formal notice.

LayoffTalk has tracked 5 layoff events at Emerson Electric Co. since May 2025, including 139 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 4 additional events known from news reporting.