LSC Communications is a printing company. "LSC closing three plants in Mattoon ill, Strasburg Va, and Glasgow Ky. And they are al rail served." [A Lukas Irons post]
And yet they had a "NOW HIRING" sign up just a month ago:
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| Dec 2019 |
It looks like a rather modern, green-field facility.
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| Satellite |
If a printing company can't keep this plant running during a strong economy, then the internet is killing the paper industries. Or as Mattoon Mayor Tim Gover put it: “While we acknowledge that closings and cutbacks have been a trend in this industry for some time as digital media and communications have outpaced traditional print communication, it does not alleviate the sting of this news.” The company calls it aligning the manufacturing footprint with industry trends. [MyWabashValley ]
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