Ashley Furniture to close local manufacturing facility

Ashley Furniture Industries will permanently shut down a manufacturing facility in Statesville next month, according to a notice filed with state officials.

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The move will impact 111 workers at the facility at 607 Meacham Road in Statesville, the company says in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification letter dated Sept. 15.

It is consolidating those operations at its manufacturing facility in Advance.

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