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Shorewood distribution center laying off 150 employees

The Shorewood distribution center for IG Design Group Americas, Inc. located at at 21350 SW Frontage Road, in Shorewood, is seen on Sunday, July 13, 2025.

The Shorewood distribution center for IG Design Group Americas, Inc. will lay off 150 employees on Aug. 26, according to the Illinois Department of Commerce’s June WARN report.

WARN is the acronym for Notices of Layoffs and Closures.

Under the Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, “employers must notify the state when they plan to lay off workers,” according to the Illinois Department of Commerce.

On July 3, IG Design Group Americas, Inc. and its domestic subsidiaries announced a voluntary filing for chapter 11 relief in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas “to facilitate a court-supervised marketing and sale process pursuant to section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code,” according to a news release from IG Design Group Americas, Inc.

IG Design Group Americas, Inc. is “a design, manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution company of branded and private label consumer products,” according to the release.

The Shorewood location at 21350 SW Frontage Road, makes paper bags and coated and treated paper and will be closing, according to the WARN report.

IG Design Group Americas, Inc.’s roots began in 1903 with the founding of the HY-SIL Manufacturing company in Boston, Massachusetts. HY-SIL sold the company to IG Design Group Americas, Inc. in 1989.

For more information, visit dgamericas.com.

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Denise M. Baran-Unland

Denise M. Baran-Unland is the features editor for The Herald-News in Joliet. She covers a variety of human interest stories. She also writes the long-time weekly tribute feature “An Extraordinary Life about local people who have died. She studied journalism at the College of St. Francis in Joliet, now the University of St. Francis.