MT AIRY, N.C. — HanesBrands says it is shutting down operations at its sock manufacturing plant in Mount Airy.
About 220 employees will be impacted. The company is expected to end all production at the plant by October, where it makes Hanes and Champion socks.
Hanes says it will offer jobs to the affected employees within the company's nearby distribution centers.
For those employees who do not want to relocate, the company is providing severance benefits and career transition assistance.
The company’s closest distribution centers are located 30 miles south of Mount Airy in the Northridge Industrial Park in Rural Hall. The company also operates distribution centers in Winston-Salem and High Point, as well as elsewhere in North Carolina and Virginia.
The Mount Airy plant began operations in 1979.
