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Diversey To Close Sturtevant Plant

STURTEVANT, Wis. (AP) — Diversey Inc. has informed the state it will lay off about 57 employees when it shuts down its Sturtevant plant in mid-September. The cleaning-products company said this week it plans to close the manufacturing facility permanently. The company says its lease with the facility has ended and it plans to move its production to other company plants.

STURTEVANT, Wis. (AP) — Diversey Inc. has informed the state it will lay off about 57 employees when it shuts down its Sturtevant plant in mid-September.

The cleaning-products company said this week it plans to close the manufacturing facility permanently. The company says its lease with the facility has ended and it plans to move its production to other company plants.

In a letter to the state, Diversey says the layoffs will begin Sept. 17.

More than half the positions being eliminated are packaging operators. The others include mechanics, chemical processors and analysts.

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