Diemen, The Netherlands, 13 July 2005 - CSM Bakery Supplies North America is optimizing its supply chain and plans to close 3 of its 19 production sites.
In H.C. Brill, frozen products production in the Atlanta area will be consolidated in the main frozen facility in Tucker/Atlanta. The Bibb Street facility (H.C. Brill) in Atlanta will be closed. The majority of the workforce will be relocated to the new facility. Also, the cookie production from the Oak Creek (Baker & Baker) facility in Wisconsin will be transferred to the Atlanta plant.
In BakeMark USA, the production plants in Union City (fillings and powdered sugar) and the Seattle plant (dry mixes) will be closed. The production of aforementioned product range will be transferred to Pico Rivera (Los Angeles).
In total, approximately 30 jobs are affected by these production relocations.
CSM expects the closures and transfers of production to be completed in January 2006. The expected closure cost of approximately $3.0M will be charged against the 2005 results.