First Brands Group (Champion Laboratories, Inc.-multiple sites)
200 S 4TH St Albion, IL 62806-1313, Illinois
642 workers · Closure · filed Jan 15, 2026
A WARN notice is filed with the state before a plant closing or a mass layoff, under the federal WARN Act or a state law like it. Workers is the number the employer said would be affected; plans can change after filing. Data sources
- Workers
- 642 workers
- Kind
- Closure
- Notice date
- Jan 15, 2026
- Location
- 200 S 4TH St Albion, IL 62806-1313
- State
- Illinois
- Notice
- il-fed03ae268cd95d5
As published
- Location Name
- First Brands Group (Champion Laboratories, Inc.-multiple sites)
- Location Address
- 200 S 4TH St
- Location City
- Albion
- Location State
- IL
- Location Zipcode
- 62806-1313
- County
- Edwards County
- LWIA #
- 26
- LWIA
- 26 - Southern 14 Workforce Investment Board Inc
- Layoff Type
- State
- WARN Notice
- True
- Trade
- No
- Causes
- Financial, Bankruptcy
- Reason
- Plant Closure
- Status
- Active
- Report Source
- LWA
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- NAICS Codes
- 336390 - Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing
- IEBS Id
- 20260223002
- Approximate Total # of Full-Time Employees
- 642
- Expected Layoff
- 80
- Revised Layoff
- 642
- Initial Date Reported
- 2026-01-15 00:00:00
- Last Report Date
- 2026-04-27 00:00:00
- Notification Date(s)
- 4/27/2026, 2/23/2026
- Unions Involved
- False
- Has public layoff assistance web page
- Yes
From the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity's WARN list, row 298, read Oct 3, 2026; first seen here Oct 3, 2026. Read with Big Local News's warn-scraper and warn-transformer.