Logistics service provider Matheson Flight Extenders Inc. will permanently close its Atlanta facility in October and lay off 335 employees, according to a letter sent to the state through the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, the Atlanta Business Chronicle reported. The decision comes nearly a year after the Sacramento, California-headquartered company filed for voluntary chapter 11 protection. The WARN filing for the Atlanta facility, which is located at 1970 Maple Avenue in West Fulton, did not indicate if Matheson Flight intends to close other locations. The positions affected by the layoffs, which will start Oct. 15, include supervisors, assistant managers, forklift drivers and material handlers, according to the WARN filing. Matheson Flight contracts with the U.S. Postal Service to haul mail. It’s an affiliate of postal logistics contractor Matheson Trucking Inc., which also filed for voluntary chapter 11 protection during the same period.
