Niagara Bottling is closing its Ocala manufacturing plant and firing its remaining 57 employees, just over a year after it acquired the Silver Springs Bottled Water Co. facility for $25.7 million and terminated 85 other employees.
In a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) letter dated Oct. 31, submitted to Ocala Mayor Ben Marciano and the Florida Department of Commerce, company officials confirmed that an “organizational restructuring” will result in the closure of the plant at 2445 NW 42nd Street in Ocala.
Employee terminations are scheduled to take effect on Dec. 31.
According to the notice, which was issued by Niagara Director of Human Resources Miguel Gomez, the shutdown impacts 57 on-site positions…