International Paper Company Layoff — August 2026
SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGCalifornia Employment Development Department· filed June 26, 2026View the filing ↗
What we know
Location: Waterman Road Elk Grove, CA (Sacramento County).
A WARN notice for this layoff is recorded on June 26, 2026.
Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the CA state workforce agency.
Summary
International Paper will close its Elk Grove packaging plant, resulting in the layoff of 130 workers at that facility. The closure affects the plant’s packaging operations and employees who work there; the article reports the number of impacted workers as 130. The story frames the action as a plant shutdown rather than a corporate-wide reduction, and cites the specific location in Elk Grove, Calif. No specific future date for the layoffs or detailed timeline is provided in the article, nor are broader company-wide cuts described.
International Paper Company disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the CA state workforce agency on June 26, 2026. The notice covers 130 employees in Waterman Road Elk Grove, CA (Sacramento County), with the layoff effective August 28, 2026.
That is roughly 0.3% of the 39,000 people International Paper Company employs.
LayoffTalk has tracked 42 layoff events at International Paper Company since February 2025, including 2,027 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 31 additional events known from news reporting.
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