PCA announces another packaging facility closure

Packaging Corp. of America (PCA) has announced another packaging facility closure, with the company set to shutter a corrugated packaging plant in Allentown, Pennsylvania, along with a previously announced closure in North Carolina.

In a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN notice, filed in Pennsylvania the week of Oct. 6, Lake Forest, Illinois-based PCA reveals plans to permanently close its Trexlertown Full-Line Plant in Allentown by Dec. 1, affecting 60 employees.

“We will work in earnest with state and local officials to provide access to dislocated worker assistance for our affected employees,” PCA says in the WARN notice filed Oct. 8. “This represented a difficult business decision. We regret the impact the permanent plant closure will have on our valued employees and the community at large.”

PCA also recently filed a WARN notice in North Carolina, revealing plans to close another full-line corrugated packaging plant in Salisbury, impacting 108 employees. That site is expected to close by Dec. 19.

Including Salisbury and Trexlertown, PCA lists 51 full-line packaging facilities in the United States.

The company will report its third-quarter 2025 earnings Oct. 22 and host an earnings call Oct. 23.