A Fort Mill manufacturer announced plans to slash over 40 jobs next year
Atkore Plastics Southeast, operating in Fort Mill as Queen City Plastics, plans to cut 42 jobs next year at its manufacturing facility near Regent Park.
The company filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification notice with the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce on Nov. 6. It indicates that the layoffs are expected at the 2650 Bennett Road facility between Jan. 6, 2026, and Sept. 30, 2026.
WARN notices are required when companies with 100 or more workers plan closures or layoffs that impact 50 or more jobs. They apply to smaller companies when a third or more of employees lose jobs.
Queen City Plastics makes PVC pipe including electrical conduit, elbows and fittings, according to the company website. Company officials could not immediately be reached for comment Monday.
Of the 42 jobs that will be lost, 13 are material handlers and 10 are machine operators, according to the WARN notification emailed from the company to the state workforce department.
The jobs are non-union and aren’t subject to bumping rights, according to the company notice. Bumping rights allow senior staff, during layoffs, to take over roles from workers who have less experience.
About Atkore
Atkore International Group acquired Queen City Plastics five years ago. Queen City had about 60 employees and its headquarters is at the Fort Mill site. At the time, Atkore had about 3,900 employees and 66 manufacturing or distribution sites worldwide.
A week after the announcement, Atkore bought the Fort Mill property for $2.7 million, according to York County land records.
Today, Atkore has about 5,600 employees who produce electrical products for commercial, industrial, data center, telecommunications and solar applications, according to recent company announcements. The company is expected to release its fourth quarter financial results Nov. 20.
In late September, Atkore announced it would review operations and look for ways to cut costs to focus on its core electrical infrastructure business like electrical and safety sectors.
The company listed a potential sale of its high-density polyethylene pipe and conduit business serving telecommunications market among a “review of select assets that may not fit” company plans.
Those steps to cut costs include a reduction in workforce and three unnamed manufacturing sites the company identified for consolidation next year, according to the September release.
Rock Hill area layoffs
The latest WARN notice comes in what has been a quiet year for large layoffs in the Rock Hill region.
The only other filing from the area was a July notice by Sodexo for 177 layoffs in Rock Hill, as part of a food vendor change at Winthrop University.
Statewide, there have been 30 site closures, permanent layoff or temporary layoff filings this year. They’ve impacted more than 3,500 workers.
This story was originally published November 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM.
