Overview

• Company president Akira Kishimoto confirmed at a June 18 board meeting that production will cease at the Hindley Green site by late June.
• The shutdown ends a divestment process launched in April after potential buyers withdrew following repeated changes to sale conditions.
• Makerfield MP Josh Simons has scheduled a June 19 gathering with workers and GMB Union representatives to detail compensation and redeployment options.
• The GMB Union criticised the closure as a betrayal, citing how shifting demands from Nippon Electric Glass undermined rescue efforts.
• Opened in 2016 as part of Nippon’s European expansion, the plant’s closure removes the UK’s largest fibre glass facility from the local manufacturing landscape.