According to a recent report by The Bulletin, Norwich, Conn., USA, a nearly two month long indefinite closure at the WestRock (Richmond, Va.) corrugated packaging plant in Uncasville, Conn., may soon be over. Montville Mayor Ronald McDaniel said that he has received word the plant could resume activities, though he hadn't heard directly from company officials.

 

"I have been told by several reliable sources that the workers received back-to-work notices," he said.

 

 

 

Photo: The loading docks sit empty at the WestRock plant in Uncasville. The plant had been idled because of low demand for paper goods, a spokesman for WestRock said. 

 

WestRock spokesman Tucker McNeil said in late October that he couldn't confirm the "indefinite idling," as the company calls it, was over, or that the plant would resume operations.

 

"We maintain and manage the mill still," he said. "We're just not making product on the machines."

 

The plant, which employs 87 people, according to the company, has been idle since early October. It's led to much speculation in the community about whether the plant was facing a permanent closure and layoffs. There are 70 hourly employees and 17 salaried workers, McNeil said.