HON Company Shutting NC Plant, 93 on Street

Office furniture maker The HON Company is permanently closing its factory in Louisburg, North Carolina, putting 93 workers on the street.

The layoffs will come in phases and complete in December. Work will go to HON plants in Iowa, Georgia, Kentucky and Alabama.

HNI Corporation, formerly HON Industries, is the second-largest office furniture manufacturer in the world, with its headquarters in Muscatine, Iowa. HNI is the leading gas and wood burning fireplace manufacturer and marketer in the United States. HNI’s brands include HON, Allsteel, Gunlocke, Paoli, Heatilator, Heat & Glo, and Quadra-Fire.

The company was founded in 1944 by engineer C. Maxwell Stanley; advertising executive Clem Hanson; and industrial designer H. Wood Miller.

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