SafeSource Direct, the Broussard-based personal protective equipment manufacturer, has suspended operations in a move that will put 541 out of work.
Company officials made the announcement late Friday that it was suspending activity immediately at its nitrile glove and man-made fiber PPE plants because of poor market conditions after it first began operations just over three years ago with aspirations of employing well over 1,000.
In its announcement, officials indicated the board of directors exhausted all options to avoid the situation but the company was “not immune from the ongoing challenges” facing the domestic PPE manufacturing industry…