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Colgate Palmolive To Close Kansas Plant

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By: TOM BRANNA

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Colgate Palmolive Co. is closing a historic soap-making plant in Kansas City, KS, that currently employs around 250 people. The New York-based company said in a statement it is outsourcing the production of bar soap to “an established U.S. third party starting in third quarter 2005.” The company said it will close the plant in late 2006 when all production had been switched to the new provider.Colgate said the move is part of a four-year restructuring announced in December. With the ...

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