Graphic Packaging International Inc. plans to lay off 69 Kansas City employees between April and June.
“This is part of a realignment of our supply-chain footprint,” spokeswoman Cynthia Baerman said. “It just made sense to perform some of this work at other locations because we could do it more efficiently elsewhere.”
She said despite the layoffs, Graphic Packaging’s Kansas City operations will continue to play a vital role. The company signed a seven-year lease in April for 155,000 square feet at Kansas City’s Executive Park, expanding its local finished-goods warehouse operations...