# SKF to close Avon, Ohio and North Charleston plants, cutting about 115 jobs

SKF will consolidate its factories in Avon, Ohio and North Charleston, South Carolina into its Sumter, South Carolina factory, reducing staff by about 115 with restructuring costs of $4 million. The changes take about 12 to 18 months.

- Type: Closure
- Announced: 2020-09-24
- Where: Avon, Ohio and North Charleston, South Carolina, United States
- Jobs: -115
- Status: announced
- Products: bearings
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [SKF](https://endata.com/companies/4959.md)

## Sources

- [pumpsandsystems.com](https://www.pumpsandsystems.com/skf-invests-south-carolina-mexico-manufacturing-facilities/), 2020-09-24: "will result in a reduction in staff of approximately 115, with associated restructuring costs amounting to $4 million"

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