Listen: Surprise! Plant Slated for Closure Will Remain Open

Fall of 2020 may be remembered as a bit of a dark time. Many Americans were still being heavily impacted by coronavirus-related shutdowns of businesses and schools and vaccines were nowhere in sight.

In the thick of it was the Fort Wayne, Indiana plant for California-based manufacturer Avery Dennison, who announced in October of that year that it would be shuttering the factory.

The company, which produces a variety of labels and adhesive products, told local officials that the 170 workers would be losing their jobs and the plant’s work relocated to two locations in Ohio. Avery Dennison, at the time, forecast the process to conclude by the end of October of 2021. One local newspaper reported that the company told them the plant was too landlocked and didn’t allow any room for needed expansion.

But oddly enough – in this case, the writing on the wall seems to have been erased. According to The Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly, the company has reversed course and will not, in fact, be closing the plant. Instead, the company will be investing in it.