Kordsa to hire some Invista workers with plant purchase

Nylon fiber maker Kordsa will up its employee headcount at the Chattanooga plant it's buying from Invista, though it's not hiring all of Invista's employees. Nylon fiber maker Kordsa will up its employee headcount at the Chattanooga plant it's buying from Invista, though it's not hiring all of Invista's employees.

By Mike Pare April 4, 2017 3 min read

Chattanooga nylon fiber maker Kordsa Inc. expects to have about 240 workers on board when it finalizes its sale for most of the city’s Invista facility in a couple of months, an official said Monday.

But, Kordsa isn’t hiring all of the Invista employees at the plant.

Kordsa, which already operates in about 25 percent of the factory, plans to hire fewer than 50 Invista workers, said Jim DelPiano, Kordsa’s chief operating officer.

DelPiano said he believed Invista now has about 100 people at the North Access Road plant. That apparently leaves the remaining Invista workers without jobs.

Invista declined to comment.