WestRock Co., a manufacturer of paper and packaging products, is laying off 170 employees in Charlotte, North Carolina, after it permanently closes a facility later this year.

In a notice sent to the N.C. Department of Commerce this week, the company stated that it will begin firing employees Oct. 19, or within two weeks after that.

WestRock listed anticipated dates for the firing of employees in specific positions at the facility, all of which fell before the end of 2018. Many of the employees who work in labor-intensive positions, including baler operators and finishing specialists, are expected to be fired in mid-October and early-November.

Operations-focused positions, including managers and plant supervisors, are expected to have more time, with those layoffs expected to occur later in November and at the start of December.

WestRock notified the Department of Commerce of the upcoming layoffs in accordance with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which requires companies to give a 60-day public notice of mass layoffs.

WestRock, which has its headquarters in Norcross, Georgia, has not stated a reason for the closure and was not available for comment. It has 45,000 employees around the world.

It stated in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this month that it focuses “sales and operations into large well-equipped plants that operate at high utilization rates” and that “we have transferred a substantial portion of each closed plant’s assets and production to our other plants.”

Employees at the Charlotte facility will not be able to use seniority to bump employees at other WestRock facilities out of their positions. This is because they are not represented by a union.

The company recently announced an agreement to acquire Schlüter Print Pharma Packaging, a German-based supplier of leaflets and booklets. Marc Shore, president of the company’s multi packaging solutions business, said the deal would expand WestRock’s geographical footprint and improve its services to European customers.

North Carolina has seen 7,852 employees laid off through WARN notices in 2018. North Carolina’s 2018 WARN summary can be found here.