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Stanley Black & Decker to Close Texas, South Carolina Plants

Tool maker says moves will affect 357 employees; 80 jobs will be added at Tennessee facility

Stanley Black & Decker executives have spoken in recent months of shrinking the company’s footprint.Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News

Stanley Black & Decker Inc. said it is closing factories in Texas and South Carolina, relocating some operations to Tennessee facilities as the company revamps its manufacturing and distribution network.

The Connecticut-based tool maker said the moves would affect the jobs of 357 employees. Eighty jobs will be added in Tennessee, the company said. 

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