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Smokestacks from Procter & Gamble's Ivorydale complex in St. Bernard, as seen in November 1975. (Photo: Enquirer file)

CINCINNATI — Procter & Gamble will close its Kansas City factory and cut back operations in Iowa City as it shifts production to a giant new factory in West Virginia as well as Cincinnati, the company said Wednesday.

The changes will be completed in 2020 and will affect 280 full-time workers in Kansas City and 500 workers in Iowa City. About 700 workers will remain in Iowa City where P&G operates two factories.

Cincinnati won't see a significant influx of plant jobs with local workers absorbing the additional production duties, while 200 Kansas City jobs will shift to West Virginia, P&G officials said.

The Kansas City factory, opened in 1905, makes Dawn, Gain, Ivory and Joy hand dish washing detergents. The affected Iowa plant, opened in 1956, makes Pantene, Head & Shoulders, Aussie, Herbal Essences shampoos and conditioners; Olay, Ivory, Old Spice and Gillette body washes; Scope and Crest Oral Rinse.

P&G pledged to work with local workers to transition, whether at other company locations or with another employer. While P&G sold off most of its manufacturing operations at Ivorydale in St. Bernard in the early 2000s, it still operates a chemical production plant at the complex that employs about 100 workers.

Since 2013, P&G has closed or sold 12 U.S. factories as part of its ongoing restructuring efforts.

P&G disclosed a detailed list of changes:

— The company will transfer production of dish care business from Kansas City, Kansas to the new facility at Tabler Station, West Virginia. This is planned to be complete by mid-2020 with the plant closing late that year.

— The company will transfer production of chemicals ingredients business from Kansas City to the Ivorydale chemicals plant in St. Bernard.

— P&G will transfer production of hair care (shampoo and conditioner) and personal cleansing (body wash) businesses from Iowa City, Iowa to the new facility at Tabler Station, West Virginia. These transfers will be completed in late 2020. Oral Rinse production will remain at the existing site in Iowa City.

— As a result of these decisions, the Tabler Station, West Virginia factory will increase from 700 to 900 by 2020.

The latest closures come amid the P&G plans to begin production at a large factory in West Virginia – the new plant is 2 million square feet or twice the size of the Kenwood Towne Centre.

The company has outlined plans to move domestic production to fewer, but larger and more versatile factories in the U.S. Besides building the West Virginia plant, P&G has expanded and shifted more production to exisiting factories, including its detergent operations in Lima, Ohio.

"Decisions like this are never easy, but we are communicating this decision more than two years in advance to help our employees plan for the future," P&G said Wednesday in a statement. "We are committed to supporting P&G people through the transition in a manner consistent with our values and principles."

P&G said the changes are part of a North American review of production operations that began in 2013.

After completing a $10 billion cost-cutting drive, in 2016 CEO David Taylor announced a second campaign to slash another $10 billion in operating costs. A large chunk of those planned savings will come from production costs as the company shifts manufacturing to newer, more automated factories that make a wider variety of P&G brands.

Last year, P&G said it would close a plant in Ontario by 2021 and in recent years the company has announced the closure of factories in New Jersey, Georgia and Puerto Rico. P&G has also jettisoned several plants in the U.S. and Europe through its recent brand sales.

The company sold off 15 factories worldwide as part of its brand-shedding that removed Iams pet food, Duracell batteries, and CoverGirl makeup among more than 100 slower-selling labels.

Read or Share this story: https://usat.ly/2nRO0CD</s>Procter & Gamble will close its Kansas City factory and cut back operations in Iowa City as it shifts production to a new factory in West Virginia as well as Cincinnati, the company said Wednesday.

The changes will be completed in 2020 and will affect 280 full-time workers in Kansas City and 500 workers in Iowa City. About 700 workers will remain in Iowa City where P&G operates two factories.

Cincinnati won't see a significant influx of plant jobs with local workers absorbing the additional production duties, while 200 Kansas City jobs will shift to West Virginia, P&G officials said.

The Kansas City factory, opened in 1905, makes Dawn, Gain, Ivory and Joy hand dish washing detergents. The affected Iowa plant, opened in 1956, makes Pantene, Head & Shoulders, Aussie, Herbal Essences shampoos and conditioners; Olay, Ivory, Old Spice and Gillette body washes; Scope and Crest Oral Rinse.

P&G did not break out the jobs shifting to Cincinnati and West Virginia. While P&G sold off most of its manufacturing operations at Ivorydale in St. Bernard, it will operates a chemical production plant at the complex that employs about 90 workers.
• The company will transfer production of dish care business from Kansas City, Kansas (built in 1905) to the new facility at Tabler Station, West Virginia. This is planned to be complete by mid-2020 and will result in the closure of the Kansas City plant in late 2020.
• The company will transfer production of chemicals ingredients business from Kansas City to the Ivorydale chemicals plant in St. Bernard.
• P&G will transfer production of hair care (shampoo and conditioner) and personal cleansing (body wash) businesses from Iowa City, Iowa (plant built in 1956) to the new facility at Tabler Station, West Virginia. These transfers will be completed in late 2020. Oral Rinse production will remain at the existing site in Iowa City.
• As a result of these decisions, the Tabler Station, West Virginia factory will increase from 700 to 900 by 2020.

The latest closures come amid the P&G plans to begin production at a large factory in West Virginia. The company has outlined plans to move domestic production to fewer, but larger and more versatile factories in the U.S.

Last year, P&G said it would close a plant in Ontario by 2021 and in recent years the company has announced the closure of factories in New Jersey, Georgia and Puerto Rico. P&G has also jettisoned several plants in the U.S. and Europe through its recent brand sales.

The Enquirer will update this story.</s>Smokestacks from Procter & Gamble's Ivorydale complex in St. Bernard, as seen in November 1975. (Enquirer file)

Procter & Gamble will close its Kansas City factory and cut back operations in Iowa City as it shifts production to a new factory in West Virginia as well as Cincinnati, the company said Wednesday according to our news partner the Cincinnati Enquirer.
• The company will transfer production of dish care business from Kansas City, Kansas (built in 1905) to the new facility at Tabler Station, West Virginia. This is planned to be complete by mid-2020 and will result in the closure of the Kansas City plant in late 2020.
• The company will transfer production of chemicals ingredients business from Kansas City to the Ivorydale chemicals plant in St. Bernard.
• P&G will transfer production of hair care (shampoo and conditioner) and personal cleansing (body wash) businesses from Iowa City, Iowa (plant built in 1956) to the new facility at Tabler Station, West Virginia. These transfers will be completed in late 2020. Oral Rinse production will remain at the existing site in Iowa City.
• As a result of these decisions, the Tabler Station, West Virginia factory will increase from 700 to 900 by 2020.

In Kansas City, employees were told to go home Tuesday around 2:30 p.m., but asked to return at 8 a.m. Wednesday for a meeting, according to the local Fox affiliate. The plant employs about 600.

The latest rumblings of closures come amid the P&G plans to begin production at a large factory in West Virginia. The company has outlined plans to move domestic production to fewer, but larger and more versatile factories in the U.S.

Last year, P&G said it would close a plant in Ontario by 2021 and in recent years the company has announced the closure of factories in New Jersey, Georgia and Puerto Rico. P&G has also jettisoned several plants in the U.S. and Europe through its recent brand sales.

Company officials could not be reached for comment.</s>Around 500 jobs will be cut at a Procter and Gamble plant in eastern Iowa.

The company announced the move in a news release today.

 Procter and Gamble will transfer its shampoo and body wash departments from Iowa City to a new plant in West Virginia. The company has closed several plants in recent years as it shifts production to fewer, but larger factories. While the decision will eliminate 500 jobs in Iowa City, the jobs of around 600 people with the company’s Oral B brand dental products line will remain in the area.

The news release from Procter and Gamble notes the Iowa City job cuts are being announced “more than two years in advance to help employees plan for the future.”

We shared with employees today that we will transfer production of our Hair Care (shampoo and conditioner) and Personal Cleansing (body wash) businesses from Iowa City, Iowa to our new facility at Tabler Station, West Virginia. These transfers will be completed in late 2020. Oral Rinse production will remain at the existing site. Oral Rinse production currently at the Iowa City Beauty Care Plant will remain there. We will conduct studies to determine the best use of the areas of the Iowa City Beauty Care plant facilities that will be vacated with the move of Hair Care/PCC to Tabler Station. Decisions like this are never easy, but we are communicating this decision more than two years in advance to help our employees plan for the future. We are committed to supporting P&G people through the transition in a manner consistent with our values and principles. We will negotiate with the local labor union regarding support to help employees transition to opportunities, whether that be transfers to other P&G sites or beyond P&G. For additional context, today’s announcement is the result of a study started in 2013 across our North American supply network to help us more efficiently and effectively serve retailers and consumers across the country. The new site is being master-planned to be a large, multi-category facility much bigger than the Iowa City plant, with strategic suppliers co-located on site, closer to three mega-distribution centers and presenting significant scale opportunities to develop solutions for channels and customers across categories that would not be feasible/ cost effective for smaller sites. · Our Dish Care business from our site in Kansas City, Kansas will transfer to our new facility at Tabler Station, West Virginia. This is planned to be complete by mid-2020 and will result in the closure of the Kansas City plant in late 2020. · As a result of these decisions, the estimate of full-time P&G employees at our new site in Tabler Station, West Virginia will increase from 700 to 900 by 2020</s>KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Procter & Gamble says it is closing its plant in Kansas City, Kansas, in 2020.

Company officials told about 280 full-time employees of the decision on Wednesday.

The Kansas City Star reports the company plans to transfer production of its Our Dish Care business from Kansas City to its plant in Tabler Station, West Virginia. The West Virginia plant will also absorb jobs from the company’s Iowa City, Iowa, plant, increasing the workforce in West Virginia from 700 to 900.

Procter & Gamble said it will negotiate with the local labor union to help employees during the transition.

The Kansas City plant was built in 1905. Its products include Dawn, Gain, Ivory and Joy hand and dishwashing detergents.</s>KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) – Procter & Gamble says it is closing its plant in Kansas City, Kansas, in 2020.

Company officials told about 280 full-time employees of the decision on Wednesday.

The Kansas City Star reports the company plans to transfer production of its Our Dish Care business from Kansas City to its plant in Tabler Station, West Virginia. The West Virginia plant will also absorb jobs from the company’s Iowa City, Iowa, plant, increasing the workforce in West Virginia from 700 to 900.

Procter & Gamble said it will negotiate with the local labor union to help employees during the transition.

The Kansas City plant was built in 1905. Its products include Dawn, Gain, Ivory and Joy hand and dishwashing detergents.

Get breaking news, weather and traffic on the go. Download our News App and our Weather App for your phone and tablet. Follow and like us on Facebook and Twitter.</s> Procter & Gamble says it is closing its plant in Kansas City, Kansas, in 2020.

Company officials told about 280 full-time employees of the decision on Wednesday.

The Kansas City Star reports the company plans to transfer production of its Our Dish Care business from Kansas City to its plant in Tabler Station, West Virginia. The West Virginia plant will also absorb jobs from the company's Iowa City, Iowa, plant, increasing the workforce in West Virginia from 700 to 900.

Procter & Gamble said it will negotiate with the local labor union to help employees during the transition.

The Kansas City plant was built in 1905. Its products include Dawn, Gain, Ivory and Joy hand and dishwashing detergents.

Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. We strive to uphold our values for every story published.</s>IOWA CITY, Iowa — Procter & Gamble has announced it plans to cut 500 jobs over about two years at an Iowa plant as it shifts production to a new factory in West Virginia.

The Press-Citizen reports that the Iowa City plant’s production of shampoos, conditioners and body washes will be transferred to the new plant in Tabler Station, West Virginia, by late 2020. Production of mouthwashes and toothbrushes will remain in Iowa City.

The company says about 700 workers will remain in Iowa City, where P&G operates three facilities.

The company says it’s also closing its plant in Kansas City, Kansas, as part of the production change. That plant produces dishwashing detergents and related chemicals.

This story has been corrected to show that Procter & Gamble has three facilities in Iowa City, not two.</s>The Procter and Gamble plant in Kansas City, Kansas, is closing its doors.

Company officials announced yesterday the plant will close in 2020 and production of the dish care business will move to a new plant in West Virginia.

The plant employs 280 people and the company plans to work with the local labor union to help those workers with the transition.

Procter and Gamble’s KCK plant was built in 1905 and it produces dishwashing detergents.</s>Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Procter & Gamble announced on Wednesday that it will close its factory in Kansas City, Kan. and cut hundreds of jobs at its Iowa City facility.

Nearly 800 people will lose jobs in the two cities, including 280 in Kansas City and approximately 500 in Iowa City.

About 200 of the Kansas City jobs will be relocated to West Virginia, while workers in Cincinnati will take on additional duties created by the Iowa job cuts.

"Decisions like this are never easy, but we are communicating this decision more than two years in advance to help our employees plan for the future," the company said in a news release. "We are committed to supporting P&G people through the transition in a manner consistent with our values and principles."

The moves are expected to be finalized by 2020. Procter & Gamble officials said it will negotiate with labor unions to help employees find other roles in the company or elsewhere.

"It gives us time to figure out where we're going to go and where we're going to move from here and plan," said John Luschen, a Procter & Gamble employee of 18 years, told WDAF-TV. "It's a lot better than coming to a closed door."

"We do have some real positive that we can take out of this," Alvey said, according to KCTV. "First of all that it's a great facility. It could be re-purposed. There's a demand for manufacturing it's a great location at 18th and Kansas Avenue, with easy access to I-35, I 70, I-29, obviously 435 - all those different places."

Procter & Gamble has closed 12 of its facilities in the United States since 2013 as part of an ongoing restructuring process.
Procter and Gamble announces that it will close its plant in Kansas City, Kansas, and reduce operations at its plant in Iowa City, Iowa, as the company plans to shift production to factories in Tablers Station, West Virginia, and Cincinnati, Ohio, by 2020.