Feb 09, 2026 (MarketLine via COMTEX) --
Some 190 employees are affected by the closure. The lay-offs will take place between April and September.
US pork processor Smithfield Foods is shutting another plant in the country.
The company confirmed the closure of its factory in Springfield in Massachusetts in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) notice filed with the state on 6 February (Friday).
The filing said 190 employees would be affected by the closure. The lay-offs will take place between April and September.
In a statement to Just Food, the WH Group subsidiary said the Springfield plant produces dry sausage and will cease operations in August.
Production will be moved to other unnamed plants aEURoewhich have the capacity to make these products to our same high standards of qualityaEUR, according to the statement.
In July 2024, Smithfield said it would close a ham-boning facility in Altoona, Iowa, putting 314 jobs at risk.
Production carried out at AltoonaAwas moved to sites in Illinois, South Dakota and Nebraska.
In October 2023, the company announced the shutdown of a pork-processing facility in Charlotte, North Carolina and the transfer of production to its Tar Heel plant in the same state. The decision impacted 107 jobs.
In January, Smithfield agreed to acquire hot-dog brand NathanaEUR(TM)s Famous. It has held the licence to manufacture and sell NathanaEUR(TM)s Famous products in the US and Canada and in SamaEUR(TM)s Club stores in Mexico since 2014, with the deal running to 2032.
Shane Smith, the president and CEO of Smithfield, said at the time: aEURoeWith our manufacturing scale, marketing strength, product innovation capabilities, and retail and foodservice channel expertise, acquiring NathanaEUR(TM)s Famous will allow us to take the brand to new heights.aEUR
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