SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Sanford Corp. is reshuffling its manufacturing of Sharpie markers in Tennessee, moving work from Shelbyville to Maryville.
The Shelbyville Times-Gazette reported the end result will be 100 fewer jobs in the state with significant employment loss in Shelbyville.
David Doolittle, a spokesman for Sanford's parent company Newell Rubbermaid Inc., said Sharpie manufacturing -- which employs 300 people -- will move to Maryville, where about 150 jobs will be created.
However, a new packaging center is scheduled to open by the time the manufacturing ends by the end of 2009. It will provide about 125 new jobs.
That will be next to a distribution center, which is not affected by the moves.
Sanford's plant in Lewisburg will close by the end of the third quarter in 2009, ending jobs for 270 workers.
Doolittle said when the changes are complete, Sanford will have about 800 workers in Tennessee, compared with about 900 currently.
