Wednesday, September 19, 2018

City Shirt Facility to Close in Frackville

On Monday, Elbeco Incorporated, owner of  City Shirt, Frackville, announced it will close the facility by the end of December.

City Shirt Company, located on 10 City Shirt Road, Frackville, manufactures shirts and pants for the public safety and postal markets. 

According to a press release, the inability to attract workers to replace retired and retiring skilled sewers resulting in decreasing production and efficiencies at the facility was cited as the main reason for these decisions. 

“Over the past few years, the facilities have experienced the loss of our skilled sewers, primarily through retirement.  Our aggressive efforts to hire and train new employees have been insufficient.” said David Lurio, President of Elbeco. “These factors have resulted in the decision that we are announcing today.

Elbeco Incorporated plans to consolidate its plants’ support operations into its Reading based facilities and move production into its U.S. based manufacturing partner facilities.

The company plans to work with the union and its employees to provide severances and support and to obtain federal funding for job training. “This is a very sad time for me personally, as I have known many of the employees at these facilities, some working over 30 years for the company.
Unfortunately, this type of action has been all too frequent in our industry over the past few decades”.