{"id":129451,"date":"2026-03-04T16:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T16:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/129451\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T16:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T16:42:07","slug":"koppers-to-idle-two-plants-lay-off-dozens-as-manufacturer-restructures-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/129451\/","title":{"rendered":"Koppers to idle two plants, lay off dozens as manufacturer restructures \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH  \u2014 Koppers Holdings Inc. will idle two facilities, one in Alabama and the other in South Carolina, and lay off about 75 employees as the Pittsburgh-based manufacturer navigates challenges in its business lines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The two affected facilities are the Railroad Products and Services facility in Florence, South Carolina, and the Utility and Industrial Products plant in Vance, Alabama. About 66 employees will be laid off at the Florence facility on April 21, <a href=\"https:\/\/scworks.org\/sites\/scworks\/files\/2026%20South%20Carolina%20WARN_Report%2002242026.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to a WARN notice filed with South Carolina authorities last week<\/a>. Koppers (NYSE: KOP) is consolidating the Vance facility with another one nearby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cThese measures are expected to further enhance network optimization, better align capacity with demand, reduce operating costs and strengthen the company\u2019s long-term competitiveness,\u201d Koppers said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/2026\/02\/26\/koppers-plants-idling-south-carolina-alabama.html?ana=wpxi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/2026\/02\/26\/koppers-plants-idling-south-carolina-alabama.html?ana=wpxi\">Click here to read more from our partners at the Pittsburgh Business Times.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 Koppers Holdings Inc. will idle two facilities, one in Alabama and the other in South Carolina,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129452,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[42408,73,26798,75,74],"class_list":["post-129451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-koppers","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-business-times","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}