Plastics packaging companies announced several closures and layoffs in May. Amcor Rigid Packaging will lay off 56 employees in Fort Worth, Texas. Hilex Poly plans to close its Richmond, Virginia, plant, affecting 118 workers. Origin Materials is shutting down operations and reducing its workforce. Henkel also announced the closure of its Oak Creek, Wisconsin, adhesives facility, impacting 57 employees.
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