Rock-Tenn Company Plant on Maple Street to Shut Down

About 90 people will be laid off as part of the closure Rock-Tenn Company's paper manufacturing plant on Maple Street according to the Sun Chronicle.

The plant, which Rock-Tenn acquired in it's 2011 purchase of purchased Smurfit-Stone, plans to lay off the plant's employees by the end of the month with some workers already dismissed.

While the company did not give a specific reason for the closing, they did say that they do conduct regular reviews and make decisions based on cost inputs, transportation, and the cost of doing business in a town.

The town hopes to become more business friendly on Tuesday when several zoning articles concerning the Cabot Business Park are to be voted on at the May 7 annual town meeting.