Layoffs throughout the manufacturing, logistics and transportation sectors proceed to mount heading into 2026, affecting greater than 4,200 employees nationwide during the last a number of weeks.
The job losses span meals manufacturing, automotive and EV provide chains, trailer manufacturing, ports, warehousing and automatic success networks — underscoring continued pressure throughout industrial employment whilst some freight indicators stabilize.
The biggest mass layoffs included all 1,600 staff at a brand new Ford Motor Co. electrical car battery plant in Glendale, Kentucky. Ford plans to transform it to fabricate batteries for information facilities and different utilities, the Wall Road Journal reported Monday.
Texas has seen greater than 500 manufacturing- and logistics-related job losses in current weeks, pushed by a mixture of distribution heart closures, electronics manufacturing shutdowns and port-linked logistics cuts.
Key impacts embrace:
S&S Activewear closing considered one of its Texas distribution facilities, affecting 146 employees.
Yang Ming Company, a container delivery firm with operations tied to Port Houston, shedding 105 staff.
LeeMAH Electronics shutting down a Richardson manufacturing facility, chopping 84 jobs.
In Arizona, Franklin Meals will completely shut its Casa Grande cream cheese manufacturing facility in February, leading to 83 layoffs, in accordance with WARN filings. The closure is tied to an anticipated sale of the corporate.
The one largest layoff within the roundup comes from Kentucky, the place Ford will lay off all 1,600 staff at its battery plant in Glendale because it pivots away from EV battery manufacturing. The ability is predicted to be transformed to fabricate battery energy-storage programs, with manufacturing anticipated to begin in 2027.
Michigan Sugar Co. will shut a warehouse facility in Findlay, citing the lack of rail service, truck-weight restrictions and out of date tools. The closure impacts 4 logistics employees.
Pennsylvania has emerged as a hotspot for industrial layoffs:
Nice Dane, a serious semi-trailer producer, will reduce roughly 164 jobs at its Elysburg plant, citing weak freight demand and extended market softness .
S&S Activewear will shut a York County distribution heart, eliminating 128 jobs.
Potato Chip Manufacturing LLC (Snyder of Berlin) will shutter operations starting in February, leading to 96 layoffs.
