Emerson Electric Co. to Lay Off 300 Employees

St. Louis-based Emerson Electric announced it will close its Charlottesville-area facility that produces programmable logic controllers by the end of the year, resulting in layoffs of the facility's entire workforce. The closure is planned to take place by year-end and will leave hundreds of workers without jobs; the article describes the impact in terms of 'hundreds' though it does not give a precise headcount. The plant closure affects Emerson's Charlottesville operations and is tied to the decision to shutter that specific site rather than a wider corporate layoff. No specific departments within the facility were identified and no exact timeline beyond 'by the end of the year' was provided.

Emerson Electric Co. cut 300 jobs in VA as of December 31, 2026.

That is roughly 0.4% of the 73,000 people Emerson Electric Co. employs.

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.