A St. Louis-based packaging company filed a notice with state officials March 31 saying it is closing its Jacksonville manufacturing plant, resulting in the permanent layoff of 48 workers.
Pretium Packaging LLC said in a letter to the Florida Department of Commerce it is permanently closing its plant at 1550 Ellis Road N.
The layoffs will begin May 30 and be completed by June 30, it said.
Pretium’s website lists 16 other U.S. manufacturing facilities plus plants in Canada, Mexico and Europe.
The company did not say why it is closing the Jacksonville plant.
Pretium was acquired in 2020 by Clearlake Capital Group, the same California-based private equity firm that agreed March 24 to acquire Jacksonville-based Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Inc. for $7.7 billion.
Another WARN letter affecting 87 employees was sent March 31 by a division of FedEx Corp., but it appears those workers will be transferred to a new vendor.
FedEx Supply Chain Inc. said in its letter to the Department of Commerce and Mayor Donna Deegan it is discontinuing operations at a facility at 12200 Presidents Court because of an unnamed customer’s decision to transfer the business to a new provider.
“FedEx Supply Chain anticipates that its employees who currently work at the Jacksonville Facility will be offered the opportunity to continue working at the Facility with the new provider,” the letter said.
The company also said it is providing information to those workers about opportunities to move to other nearby FedEx facilities.
Those employees are expected to continue working for FedEx until May 31.