EDEN, N.C. (AP) -- Hanesbrands Inc. plans to shutter a North Carolina fabric textile plant earlier than expected.
Hanesbrands spokesman Matt Hall told WXII-TV in Winston-Salem on Tuesday that its plant in Eden will close by mid-February. It had been slated to close by the end of next summer. The plant is the company's last large knit-fabric textile plant in the U.S.
Workers were being told of the shortened timetable on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Winston-Salem-based company announced in September that it was closing nine plants in Central America and the U.S., resulting in jobs losses for 8,100 workers. The company is moving production to Asia.
The closings also include a yarn plant in Gastonia, a knit-fabric textile plant in Forest City, and an inventory storage warehouse in Rockingham.
