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Last updated on Thursday, September 14, 2017
(PLYMOUTH) - Del Monte Foods plans to close a northern Indiana tomato processing plant with about 100 workers and shift its production to a central California facility.
The company announced Tuesday it would start layoffs in November as it ceases production at the Plymouth, Indiana, plant that makes ketchup, tomato-based sauces, and juice from concentrate. Warehouse and distribution work is expected to end by February, when the facility will close.
Del Monte says in a state filing that it expects the closing will be permanent.
The company says the closing will align its production capacity with current consumer demand. Production will be shifted to a plant in Hanford, California.
Bay Valley Foods said last month it would be closing its Plymouth facilities, eliminating about 150 jobs.
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