# Amcor Rigid Plastics to close Batavia, Illinois plant, cutting 110 jobs

Amcor Rigid Plastics is closing its Batavia, Illinois plastic bottle factory, eliminating 110 jobs, with a rolling shutdown from September 2017 until March 2018 and equipment to be sold.

- Type: Closure
- Announced: 2017-08-24
- Where: Batavia, Illinois, United States
- Jobs: 110
- Status: announced
- Products: plastic bottles for food industry
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md), [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Amcor Rigid Plastics](https://endata.com/companies/428.md)

## Sources

- [dairyreporter.com](https://www.dairyreporter.com/Article/2017/08/25/Amcor-Rigid-Plastics-expands-extrusion-blow-molded-PP-bottle-capacity/), 2017-08-24: "Despite the announcement, 110 jobs have been axed as Amcor Rigid Plastics closes a factory in Batavia, Illinois."

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