LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — Brown-Forman Corporation announced Tuesday that it is closing its cooperage in Louisville and laying off workers across the globe. The Louisville-based spirits and ...

Brown-Forman will be closing its last remaining cooperage soon. Local leaders in the barrel industry provide insights into the news. On Tuesday morning, the news that the Brown-Forman Corp. was ...

LOOK AT THE IMPACT. BROWN-FORMAN EMPLOYS MORE THAN 1000 PEOPLE HERE IN LOUISVILLE, JUST SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES IMPACTED BY THESE LAYOFFS WORK AT THE COOPERAGE. THIS IS WHERE BROWN-FORMAN MAKES THE ...

Brown-Forman use to have more than one barrel making facility, he noted, and at one point, was among just a few cooperages supplying the industry. “Over the years they've slowly gotten out of th ...

The Louisville-based company will close the barrel-making operation Brown-Forman Cooperage by April 25, impacting about 210 hourly and salaried employees there as part of the workforce reduction.

These initiatives include a workforce reduction affecting approximately 12% of the company’s global workforce, and closing the Louisville-based Brown-Forman Cooperage. Brown-Forman has made the ...

The Louisville cooperage, where Brown-Forman makes it barrels, will be closed no later than April 25, which will impact roughly 210 hourly and salaried employees. The company plans to source ...

NOW IT WILL BE ANOTHER FEW MONTHS BEFORE OPERATIONS HERE AT THE BROWN, BROWN-FORMAN COOPERAGE COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN. THE COMPANY TOLD ITS EMPLOYEES IT WILL BE STOPPING OPERATIONS HERE ON APRIL 25TH.

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