International Paper recently filed a worker adjustment and retraining notification (WARN) in the state of Washington revealing plans to close its Yakima Box facility in Union Gap. The facility is scheduled to permanently cease operations by April, resulting in 102 job losses.
“The Yakima facility, and all of its team members, have been a valuable part of International Paper Company for a number of years, and we regret the news we must share today,” said Katie Donelan, a Human Resources Business Partner, in the WARN filing.
The Union Gap site provided packaging and recycling products and services and, according to Yakima County records, the 10.5-acre property has been the site of a light industrial building since the mid-1960s.
International Paper has four remaining sites in Washington, including two packaging facilities and a recycling facility.
