More than 700 Upstate jobs will be lost over the next three years as Sealed Air Corporation moves its headquarters to Charlotte, N.C.
Company spokesman Ken Aurichio said Wednesday the packaging company would be relocating approximately 750 jobs from its Greenville and Duncan facilities.
The company’s call center in Greenville is expected to lose all of its 140 positions and eventually close over the next three years, while approximately 250 jobs will remain at the business and research development office in Duncan, he said. Of the 750 Upstate positions designated for Charlotte, “some of the employees will accept relocation and others may choose to stay in South Carolina.”
While maintaining a smaller presence in Duncan, Sealed Air Corporation will retain its existing operations in Seneca and Simpsonville, totaling 1,300 jobs.
Including the 750 Upstate positions, Sealed Air anticipates approximately 1,300 jobs will be relocated to Charlotte within the next three years from its current headquarters in Elmwood Park, N.J., and all or part of its facilities in Saddle Brook, N.J., Danbury, Conn., and Racine, Wis.
Along with select operations in Duncan, the Fortune 500 Company intends to maintain manufacturing in its Saddlebrook and Danbury facilities.
Sealed Air is confident Charlotte will provide a great environment to operate, said Jerome A. Peribere, president and CEO of Sealed Air.
The move will contribute to a stronger, one-company culture that will enable greater collaboration, efficiencies, and better use of the company’s investments in people and new technologies, he said. “We considered numerous criteria in making our decision and believe Charlotte’s attributes make it an ideal place for our employees to live and work.”
Operating in over 170 countries around the world, Sealed Air employs around 25,000 people and created $7.7 billion in revenue last year.
