Voyant Beauty, a Chicago-based manufacturer of personal care and beauty products, will close its Roanoke plant this summer, laying off about 95 people.
The company said in a letter to state officials that the layoffs will occur in two phases, around the end of June and the end of August.
“The Company will permanently cease manufacturing operations in the Roanoke facility no later than August 31, 2026 with the intention of keeping it open and functioning in a different limited capacity,” Voyant Beauty said in a letter to Virginia Works, the state’s workforce development agency…