{"id":385915,"date":"2026-07-04T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T08:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/385915\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T08:00:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T08:00:39","slug":"leaving-california-international-paper-closing-plant-in-elk-grove-california-globe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/385915\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaving California: International Paper Closing Plant in Elk Grove \u2013 California Globe"},"content":{"rendered":"

International Paper just announced that it will permanently close its converting and container plant in Elk Grove, California, as part of a broader North America packaging network streamlining.<\/p>\n

IP, a Memphis, Tennessee company, said the closure of plants in California, Illinois, New Jersey and some operations in Kentucky, are part of a strategy to streamline costs and operations. Earlier this year, International Paper\u2019s packaging plants in Compton, California, and Louisville, Kentucky, ceased their operations<\/a>, Packaging-Gateway reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According<\/a> to Packaging Dive:<\/p>\n

International Paper will close converting plants\u202fin Elk Grove, California,\u00a0and Barrington, New Jersey. It will also cease preprint operations at a\u202ffacility in Richwood, Kentucky.<\/p>\n

International Paper said that a total of 330 employees are affected with 136 in California.<\/p>\n

International Paper North America said the closures are intended to streamline network and direct spending towards \u201chighest-value\u201d areas \u2013 notably, not in California.<\/p>\n

Notably again, last month<\/a>, the company started construction<\/a> of a new packaging plant in Rankin County, Mississippi, with the project entailing an investment of $225 million.<\/p>\n

The development<\/a> involves a 468,000ft corrugated packaging facility on an 80-acre site at the East Metro Centre in Brandon.<\/p>\n

Another company is leaving California.<\/p>\n

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