Yeadon Packaging Plant Closing, 80 Jobs Lost in Consolidation Plan

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Union Packaging in Yeadon is closing after 20 years, according to owner Michael Pearson, writes Joseph N. DiStegano for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

The business was sold in May to LBP Manufacturing, a unit of Chicago’s Pritzker Group.

Pearson thought the sale would give workers more opportunities. Instead, LBP consolidated to Richmond, Va, sending the plant’s t80 workers into unemployment.

Pearson said he’s paid off a $3.5 million Small Business Administration-backed loan from the former National Penn Bank, but banks were unwilling to provide flexible financing for a growing packaging business.

He had hoped to expand the business to Camden, but was unable to come to terms.

“Finding a building and doing that relocation became so difficult,” Pearson said. “It was hard to really get traction.”

Pearson expects former Union staff will move to rival plants such as Tevo Packaging in Bensalem, Bucks County.

Pearson said he’s working with IronStone Real Estate Partners to redevelop the former Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co. campus in West Philadelphia, which he hopes will eventually have 200 workers.

Core tenants will include Philadelphia Health Management Corp. and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Read more about the closing of Union Packaging here.

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