American Woodmark Moorefield Plant Closing

American Woodmark has announced two plant closings; one of them in my hometown of Moorefield. They are closing the oldest component plant, and laying off all of the 250 hourly and salaried employees. They are also closing the oldest assembly plant, and laying off the 300 workers there. The current depression has lowered cabinet sales so much that Woodmark claims they cannot afford to keep their current level of excess capacity.

There will still be two American Woodmark component plants operating in Moorefield, and one of them, I hear, will be hiring some people from the ill fated Moorefield plant, if not from Berryville as well. Most will simply be laid off.