[DWM] has confirmed that Masonite Corp. will close its door fabrication plant in Stockton, Calif., displacing 100 or more employees. In a notification letter filed with California’s Workforce Services Division, officials said the company expects the closure to be permanent, with operations set to be phased out between April 2023 and May 5, 2023. Workers […]

[DWM] has confirmed that Masonite Corp. will close one of its U.S.-based manufacturing facilities, displacing 100 or more employees. In a notification letter sent by senior counsel Donald Tyler to California’s Workforce Services Division, the company discloses that it will cease operations at its door fabrication plant in Stockton, Calif. The closure is expected to […]

Masonite Corporation notified the Indiana Department of Workforce Development on Wednesday, Sept. 28 that it would eliminate “at least” 33% of the 220 jobs at its facility in Walkerton, Indiana over a 30-day period. Masonite senior corporate attorney Donald Tyler wrote in the notification that 74 to 84 jobs would be affected. Those jobs will […]

Door manufacturers Jeld-Wen Inc. and Masonite Corp. agreed to get their pens out this week, each stroking a check for $30.8 million ($61.6 million total), ending a class action lawsuit against the two companies. The final approval order and judgement was signed last week by U.S. District Judge John A. Gibney, completing a settlement agreement […]

Officials for Masonite Corp. notified the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development that the company intends to close its manufacturing facility in Springfield, Mo., in order to consolidate. “The closure is the result of the need to optimize our operations by consolidating the architectural stile and rail production into the existing London, Ontario […]

In class action lawsuits alleging they conspired to fix prices, defendants Jeld-Wen Inc. and Masonite Corp. asked the court to seal up evidence, arguing that information could harm them competitively going forward. That request was shot down last week by United States District Judge John A. Gibney Jr., who, in an opinion dated December 10, […]

This article was updated on November 4, 2020. A court denied Jeld-Wen’s motions last week to dismiss complaints filed against the company alleging that it misled investors by failing to disclose anticompetitive conduct violating federal antitrust law. In an opinion dated October 26, U.S. District Judge John A. Gibney Jr. upheld the case by declaring […]

A U.S. District Court granted preliminary approval last week for proposed agreements to settle class-action lawsuits against door manufacturers Jeld-Wen Inc. and Masonite Corp. The agreements were made public August 31, through filings made by both companies with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. According to an article published by the legal news provider Law360, […]

In filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, door manufacturers Jeld-Wen Inc. and Masonite Corp. announced they’ve entered agreements to settle class-action lawsuits. On August 31, both companies reached an agreement with Grubb Lumber Company and Philadelphia Reserve Supply Company, on their behalf and a class of direct purchasers of interior molded doors, agreeing […]

The age and sex discrimination lawsuit between plaintiff Jeannye Palmer and her former employer, Masonite Corporation (Masonite) has come to a close in Federal Court. The presiding judge sided with Masonite and granted the company’s motion for a summary judgment. Palmer alleged she experienced age and sex discrimination while she worked for the company and […]