California really could have used some good news for once.
After a series of lost factories have shaken the state economy…unfortunately, we can now add another recent loss to the pile.
More specifically, California has lost another foothold in the packaging industry as a longtime manufacturing plant in Bakersfield has recently closed, bringing an end to more than a hundred jobs tied to food and beverage packaging production.
Novolex, which acquired the site from Pactiv Evergreen, confirmed that it shut down its Bakersfield factory earlier this month, with 127 employees impacted by the closure. The plant produced a range of packaging materials used across the food and drink industry…