MeadWestvaco Closing Plants

MeadWestvaco Corp. will close two manufacturing plants in Springfield, Mass., and consolidate its envelope operations in the Northeast by creating a single manufacturing center in Enfield, Conn. While the company's Envelope Products headquarters will remain in Springfield, its Springfield and Flexible Packaging plants will close by late November, with some employees and equipment transferring to Enfield. Other equipment will be used to enhance operations at envelope facilities around the country.

"The improvements we are making in our Enfield plant will be of enormous benefit to our customers," said John Taylor, general manager of Envelope Products for MeadWestvaco's Consumer & Office Products Group. "These plants share a common customer base, and by serving them out of a single Northeastern site, equipped with the best machinery, we'll be able to deliver products faster and more efficiently. All of these changes will help us better serve our customers."