MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — The Graphic Packaging Holding Company announced that they are closing their Middletown, Ohio, coated recycled paperboard manufacturing facility.

What You Need To Know

  • A recycled paperboard manufacturing facility in Middletown, Ohio, is closing

  • The company is consolidating their production in Michigan and Texas

  • The closure will affect around 130 employees

The facility is set to close either on or around June 1 this year, and the closure will affect around 130 employees, according to a press release from the company.

"I want to thank the Middletown team which has played an important role in the growth and success of Graphic Packaging,” Graphic Packaging President and CEO Michael Doss said in the release. “We are working closely with affected employees to provide employment placement assistance and support.”

The company is planning on consolidating their recycled paperboard production in Kalamazoo, Michigan and a new facility in Waco, Texas.

"Graphic Packaging's investments in innovation and execution capabilities have made us the global leader in sustainable consumer packaging," Doss said in the release. "Our investments in Kalamazoo and Waco are a critical part of the value we deliver to our customers, allowing us to produce the highest quality, most economically advantaged paperboard available in North America. With Waco moving quickly toward completion and transition inventory in place, this is the right time to further simplify our paperboard manufacturing footprint."

Middletown, situated between Dayton and Cincinnati, is the hometown of U.S. Vice President JD Vance.