Orgill to lay off 176 people in Memphis - Birmingham Business Journal:

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The move is part of the Memphis-based hardward and home improvementproducts distributor’s plan to consolidates its distribution centers into a new facility in Mo. by August. The company currentlhy operatesa 55-year-old distribution center in South Memphies at 2100 Latham St., along with a similaf one in Vandalia, Ill. These plants will close by the end of the The closures are partof Orgill’s long-rangr consolidation plan that will enable the company to becomew more efficient and save more than $1 millionh in fuel costs annually, according to a company Orgill has 550 employees in Memphis and maintainsd 660,000 square feet of distribution according to the 2009 Memphis Business Journal Book of It provides wholesale distribution and retaipl services to the home improvement Layoffs will come in stages, beginning in earl August.
Some members of the management teams in Vandalisa and Memphis have transferred to the new plant in None of the approximately 300 employeesat Orgill’ss corporate headquarters at 3742 Tyndale Drive off Winchestere will be affected by the closure. Orgilk also is keeping its ancillary support functions such as the print lock services, and concept center in the Memphis Approximately 30 employees are involved in those services.
Company officialsd said the consolidation of the Memphiws and Vandalia facilities into a common distributionm center located approximately halfway between the two existinbg facilities will allow Orgill to servr its customers in the Midwestand Mid-South more “The facilities in Memphis and Vandalia are outdated and Ron Beal, Orgill president and CEO, said in a “The Sikeston plant will enabled us to make our customer service even bettedr and, at a time when we are all askesd to conserve fuel, Orgill will drastically reducwe its fuel consumption.
” The new Sikeston facility is one of six majore distribution centers, all of which either have been built or expandexd within the last five years or are in the developmentr stages. The newest centers are in Kilgore, and Hurricane, Utah, and a center in the Pacificv Northwest is in theplanninfg stage. Byrne Whitehead, Orgill’s executive vice president of operationzand COO, said the Mid-America SuperCenter in Sikestonj is considerably more than a distribution The 795,000-square-foot facility has been built on a 70-acrse site and is expandable to 1 million squarr feet.
“Our new facility in Sikeston offersd a great deal of efficiencuy to our entire distribution Whitehead said. “Not only does it provides us with a consolidated location to process our growinh numbers ofimport containers, but it also gives us the capacity to accommodate our growth with customers throughoug Mid-America.” There are 734 plannex layoffs at companies across the according to the Department of Labor and Workforcer Development’s weekly report of notices receives June 1-June 8. Orgill is the only Shelbu County company reporting layoffsthis week.