Cabinet manufacturer closing plant in Charlotte region. Over 70 layoffs after the holidays
A North Carolina cabinet manufacturer will close soon after the holidays, putting dozens of people out of work in the Charlotte region just a year after operations began in Iredell County.
Dura Supreme Cabinetry will lay off all 74 workers, effective Jan. 20, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) received Monday by the North Carolina Department of Commerce. The 300,000-square-foot manufacturing site at 607 Meachum Road in Statesville is about 45 miles north of Charlotte.
Dura Supreme manufactures wood semi-custom and custom kitchen and bath cabinets. The 70-year-old Minnesota-based company was acquired in July for $520 million by MasterBrand based in Beachwood, Ohio.
“This was a business decision,” Chase Thornburg, vice president of human resources for MasterBrand, said in the WARN notice.
MasterBrand also is closing a kitchen and bath cabinet manufacturing plant in Liberty in Randolph County, company spokesman Farand Pawlak told The Charlotte Observer Tuesday. Its Norcraft Companies subsidiary will close on Sept. 25, resulting in 200 layoffs, WARN reports show.
MasterBrand will continue operations at its east North Carolina cabinet manufacturing site in Kinston, Lenoir County, Pawlak said.
All three plants were within 200 miles of each other, he said, and MasterBrand decided to “optimize the footprint” to one facility for collaboration and invest in future growth.
In 2021, MasterBrand invested nearly $14 million to expand operations to Kinston and add 450 jobs over five years. For its investment, MasterBrand received nearly $4 million in state tax incentives over 12 years.
More about Dura Supreme
The news comes just a year after Dura Supreme’s multimillion-dollar expansion began production in Statesville. The company had expected to create over 200 new jobs within the first few years, including cabinet making, furniture making, finishing, woodworking, and machining skills, according to Dura Supreme.
Dura Supreme Cabinetry has four local showrooms in Charlotte, Cornelius, Mooresville and Shelby, according to the company’s website.
More about MasterBrand
MasterBrand, one of the largest manufacturers of residential cabinets in North America, has over 12,000 workers at more than 20 manufacturing facilities and offices.
The 70-year-old, publicly-traded company reported its net sales increased 6% year-over-year to $718 million, driven by the 9% of growth its Supreme acquisition, it said at its Nov. 5 third-quarter earnings call.
This story was originally published November 26, 2024 at 11:13 AM with the headline "Cabinet manufacturer closing plant in Charlotte region. Over 70 layoffs after the holidays."