Qualicaps will close its Guilford County facility late next year, resulting in the loss of 91 jobs, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filed with the state. French-based Roquette America acquired the facility on Warner Parkway in Whitsett in 2023 when it acquired Qualicaps from the Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Chemical Group.
Both Qualicaps and Mitsubishi Chemical manufactured hard capsules for oral medications at the facility. Qualicaps had operated a facility in Whitsett for more than 30 years before it was acquired by Roquette.
Qualicaps says 47 workers will lose their jobs Sept. 30, another 21 on Oct. 31 and 20 more on Dec. 31, 2026, with the remaining 3 on March 3, 2027. Employees were told the facility was closing on Dec. 2…