International Paper Co. plans to close its Cleveland, Tennessee, production plant after 61 years and cut 115 jobs, according to a filing with the state.
Plans are for the factory, on Blue Springs Road in Cleveland, to have its machines and associated operations shut down by mid-December, the company said in the filing Monday with the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
“The first employees will begin terminating employment on or about Dec. 16,” the company said in a statement.
The closing is part of a series of similar moves by International Paper. Officials said operations also will stop at facilities in Kansas City, Missouri; Rockford, Illinois; and Statesville, North Carolina.
The action comes after corporate layoffs were revealed last week across the company affecting 650 employees, including 400 in Memphis, where the company is headquartered.