Overview
- The company summoned first‑shift staff and notified roughly 600 employees of contract termination during the morning shift on Thursday, June 4, 2026, handing each worker a circular that described the severance process.
- About 70 affected workers were administrative staff and the rest were operational and unionized employees, including several with more than 30 years of service and some close to retirement.
- Plant managers reportedly told employees the closure was linked to financial problems described as a 'presunta quiebra,' but Stanley Black & Decker has not issued an official statement to confirm the reason.
- Puebla’s Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico y Trabajo sent verification personnel to gather information and the Confederación Regional Obrera Mexicana (CROM) said it will oversee that liquidations meet legal requirements, while the facility’s physical and production future remains unresolved.
- The shutdown follows a 2024 closure in Hermosillo and contrasts with a 2020 pledge of investment in the Puebla site, raising questions about the company’s manufacturing footprint in Mexico and the local economic impact for long‑tenured workers.