A Williams-Sonoma hired manufacturing plant closed for deep cleaning after unconfirmed reports of a COVID-19 infection. | Stock Photo
A Williams-Sonoma hired manufacturing plant closed for deep cleaning after unconfirmed reports of a COVID-19 infection. | Stock Photo
The upholstered home furnishings production plant hired by Williams-Sonoma for their various brands including Pottery Barn, West Elm as well as the Williams-Sonoma Home, temporarily closed.
According to the Hickory Record on April 8, the plant's closing for cleaning was due to an unconfirmed COVID-19 case. Plant officials have not commented about COVID-19.
The Woodworking Network on April 13 reported that the plant closed because an employee had the coronavirus.
“The company closed the plant for the day as a precaution and to sanitize and clean the building," Nathan Huret, a director at the Catawba County Economic Development Corporation, told the record. “The company plans to reopen the plant Thursday.”
Multiple reports suggested that the Sutter Street Manufacturing plant in Claremont did open the following day.
Businesses closing for the long- or short-term in North Carolina because of COVID-19 is not uncommon. The state has had to deal with a growing number of unemployment cases because of government orders to follow social distancing rules and also temporary cases like Sutter Street for deep cleaning.
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