Shaw Industries’ Valley Head, Ala., plant will shutter its doors by July, idling 183 workers in the small DeKalb County town about 40 miles south of Chattanooga.
DeKalb County Economic Development Authority executive director Jimmy Durham said Wednesday that plant officials met with city and county officials earlier this week on the closure.
The plan to shutter Shaw Plant 14 was no surprise, said Durham.
“About a year-and-a-half ago they terminated 160 in a reduction-of -force move,” Durham said Wednesday. “We saw this coming.”
When Shaw asked to meet with local officials, Durham suspected why.