South Forsyth Plastics Plant To Close, Putting 86 People Out Of Work

A plastics plant on Shiloh Road East in far south Forsyth County will close as early as March 18, putting 86 employees out of work.

Continental Plastics submitted a notice to the Ga. Department of Labor notifying the state of the impending layoffs, according to the notice submitted by the company's Russ Thomas.

"Continental Plastics Company and its affiliated companies have been experiencing a general economic downturn and lack of work, which unfortunately does not justify its continued operation of the plant in Alpharetta, Ga.," the notice stated.

The corporate facilities and plant at 6415 Shiloh Road East are expected to be permanently closed in the near future.

"We are currently involved in negotiations with several companies who have expressed an interest in buying this and other facilities owned by Continental Plastics and its affiliates," Thomas stated in the release.

While it is possible that the 130,000-square-foot facility in South Forsyth and others may be purchased by another business, that is no guarantee for work.

"We are hopefully that a buyer may in fact seek to hire the workforce and lease the facility, but there is no way to assure that result," Thomas said.

The employees at the South Forsyth site are not represented by a labor union and no bumping rites exist. The hourly workers are leased employees of Ranstad Staffing and Recruiting, which Continental Plastics said has been notified of the planned closure.

The Georgia plant was completed in October 1995 at 100,000 square feet. Another 30,000 square feet of space has since been added. The plant handled injection molding, making products that included door panels, pillar sills and rear quarter panels.