OMNOVA Closing Wisconsin Plant, Moving Work To Ohio

BEACHWOOD, OH — OMNOVA Solutions is shutting down its Green Bay, Wisconsin production facility, the company announced on Thursday. The site will continue to operate for the next nine to 12 months, before production is moved to a Mogadore, Ohio facility.

"Green Bay has been an important part of the OMNOVA story since the plant opened in 1993 and we value the long-standing government and community support we have received over the years," said Anne Noonan, president and CEO of OMNOVA Solutions . "We regret the impact this change will have on many of our employees who have done an exceptional job of serving our customers. We are appreciative of our employees' many contributions, and we will continue to assist and support our workers throughout this transition."

OMNOVA said it is closing its Green Bay facility because of the decline of the paper market. The company is transitioning into a specialty solutions company. The Wisconsin site makes styrene butadiene (SB) emulsions.

"We remain committed to serving the specialty paper and carpet industries as well as the many other specialty applications that use styrene butadiene emulsions," said Noonan. "We will work closely with our customers, maintaining service levels to these markets during the transition. Our Mogadore facility has the full complement of technical and production capabilities to meet our customers' needs with the highest levels of technical and service excellence."

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