With Kershaw plant announcement, layoffs in SC cross the 2,000 mark

Hengst Filtration, which makes filtration systems for automotive and medical applications, will layoff 77 workers at its facility in Camden, according to a WARN statement with the Department of Employment and Workforce last week.

The notice states that permanent layoffs will happen between July and September.

Hengst is the second Germany-based company to announce layoffs in South Carolina this month. Logistics and materials firm thyssenkrupp filed a WARN statement on May 4, two days before Hengst’s announcement, stating that it will lay off 110 workers in Greer…

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