Henderson’s Mars Petcare plant, which employs about 150 people, will cease production in mid-June and will close for good sometime in July.
Spokesperson Lindsay Kordik spoke with WIZS News Monday afternoon and confirmed the closing.
Kordik said the Henderson location “is, at this time, yes, the only one closing.”
The company is working with the affected employees to help them find employment at other plants or otherwise help them with transition assistance in advance of the closing.
There is another Mars Petcare plant in Cary.
The spokesperson said the employees had been notified.
There was no information readily available about what will happen to the facility, located within the Industrial Park.
Kordik said, “As a business we are continuously evaluating the needs of our customers, pet parents and their pets, and right now we are redistributing this volume within our U.S. network. Essentially, that’s the rationale that I can share.”
The closure here is not for a specific product demand reason. “It’s really just simplifying our organization overall and right sizing our operations,” she said.
The decision is final, and “it was not made lightly.”
When essentially asked why a few different ways, Kordik said to a question about investments elsewhere needing to result in trimming here, “Directly, no. It’s really just driving efficiency in our operations to deliver across our network.”
