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A new WARN report details widespread layoffs across South Carolina, with more than 1,300 workers affected by closures and workforce reductions. (Photo/DepositPhotos)
A new WARN report details widespread layoffs across South Carolina, with more than 1,300 workers affected by closures and workforce reductions. (Photo/DepositPhotos)
South Carolina layoffs top 1,300 in WARN report
Ross Norton // April 22, 2026//
- More than 1,300 South Carolina workers impacted by layoffs or closures since March
- Milliken and International Paper each account for 126 job losses
- DHL Solutions and eRev Supply Chain lead with 327 combined layoffs in Charleston
- Additional cuts span logistics, manufacturing and industrial sectors statewide
More than 1,300 South Carolina workers have lost or will lose their jobs since March due to plant closures or permanent layoffs at businesses that will continue operating.
The April WARN report from South Carolina Works includes the April 17 closure of a Milliken textile plant in Union County and the closure of the International Paper Co. in Georgetown with those layoffs coming between May 1 and the end of the year. Each of those sites provided 126 jobs.
The WARN Act —Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification — requires employers to provide notice 60 days prior to closing or mass layoff. The act generally applies to employers with 100 or more employees.
The largest job losses in the report are from eRev Supply Chain and DLH Solutions, two businesses that share a Commerce Parkway address in Charleston. According to the WARN report, DHL Solutions laid off 194 and eRev laid off 133, both on Feb. 28. The WARN report says those events are permanent layoffs, not closures.
According to the DLH website, the two companies were connected through a partnership that combined “digital transformation, cyber security, scientific research and development, systems engineering, supply chain management, and more for civilian and military U.S. federal government agencies.”
Saddle Creek Logistics Services in Duncan, Spartanburg County, reported permanent layoffs of 130 workers on March 5, and ABM Industry Groups in North Charleston reported permanent layoffs to take place between April 13 and July 7.
ABM Industry Groups of North Charleston is laying off 122 during a period that started April 13 and concludes July 7. KPR US in Camden reported closure for May 15 and May 19, impacting 19 and 23 employees respectively.
Other companies reporting layoffs and closures included:
- James Hardie Building Products in Summerville, 78 employees, layoffs
- Koppers Inc. in Florence, 66 employees, layoffs
- First Brands Group in East Marion, 64 employees, closure
- Parsec LL in Charleston, 39 employees, closure
- Charter Communications in Lexington, 62 employees, closure
- Textron Systems Corp. in Goose Creek, 58 employees, layoffs
- Industrial Plastics Group in Liberty, 74 employees, layoffs.
