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Dyersburg Worldcolor plant closing will cost 668 jobs

Dyersburg Worldcolor plant closing will cost 668 jobs

Worldcolor is shut down its Dyersburg facility, putting about 668 people out of work.The State Gazette reports the plant will shut down in phases over the next several months and should be completely shut down by the first quarter of 2011.

In January, Quad/Graphics Inc., the largest privately held printer in the U.S., acquired World Color Press Inc., or Worldcolor, the second big provider of print, digital and related services in the Americas.

Dyersburg/Dyer nation Chamber of Commerce President behind the scenes for some time to try to keep the plant open. his group had been working said Allen Hester Now it will focus on trying to find new role for those who are becoming unemployed. Worldcolor has approximately 18,000 staff working in facilities across the Americas.

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