American Greetings in Kalamazoo to close, 225 jobs lost
December 22, 2009 11:53 AM
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – American Greetings Corporation has announced that it has formed a strategic alliance with Amscan Inc., a party goods distributor based in Elmsford, NY.
A spokesman with the company says that the alliance will lead to the closing of the American Greeting DesignWare plant in Kalamazoo. 225 jobs will be lost with the plant's closing.
The spokesman says that manufacturing at the plant will end in April 2010.
