CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - 100 people will be losing their job as a packaging company gets ready to close its location in Cedar Rapids.

According to a listing on Iowa WARN, employees at Smurfit Westrock Company on Blairsferry Road NE were notified about the closing earlier this week.

Layoffs take effect on October 4.

A this time, it’s not clear why Smurfit Westrock Company is closing the location. KCRG-TV9 reached out to the company early Friday morning.

According to its website, Smurfit Westrock is a global leader in sustainable paper and packaging that operates in 40 countries and has more than 500 packaging converting operations and 59 paper mills.

Some of the products produced by the company include pizza boxes for Papa Johns.

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