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MIDDLETOWN — More than 100 worker layoffs will begin May 7 at MISA Metals in Middletown, according to a notice of the plant closures sent to a state work force agency.
MISA Metals Inc. and Worthington Steels Inc. closed a deal on a joint venture March 1, according to a Worthington spokeswoman. An official from Worthington Steel’s human resources sent out on March 7 a Warn Notice of Plant Closure to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services’ Office of Workforce Development. The letter was received March 9, according to the state agency’s website.
The letter stated MISA’s plants will close at 1701 and 1801 Made Drive in Middletown.
The joint venture combines Dietrich Metal Framing, a subsidiary of Columbus-based Worthington Industries, and ClarkWestern Building Systems, a subsidiary of MISA that makes cold-formed steel drywall studs and accessories. The venture will be called ClarkDietrich Building Systems LLC, according to Worthington.
Officials already said in February some Middletown facilities would close and 113 jobs would be lost as a result.
The MISA property in Middletown includes a corporate office, main plant, its blue sky plant and tension level plant, a total market value of $70 million for capital and fixed assets, according to Cathy Lyttle, a Worthington spokeswoman. However, in February she said the tension level plant, which has 13 employees, will stay open.
One of the reasons the Middletown facilities were picked to close, Lyttle said, is because Worthington has operations in Monroe — which employs 135 workers at 350 Lawton Ave. — where some equipment will be moved.
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