Resource Label to Close Franklin Facility, Affecting 68 Employees
Resource Label plans to permanently close its Franklin, TN, facility at 147 Seaboard Lane later this year, a move that will return 68 skilled printing industry employees back into the labor pool.
As reported by William Williams of the Nashville Post, Resource Label, a Resource Label Group Co, has notified Tennessee officials of the planned closure. Further reporting by FLEXO Magazine uncovered the WARN Notice — https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/workforce/documents/warn/Resource-Label.pdf — that confirms Resource Label expected to begin Oct. 3, 2026, and continue through Nov. 11, with the final anticipated closure date set for Nov. 25.
For the flexographic printing and label-converting community, the development is notable not only because of the jobs involved, but because the Franklin facility, which operated as Resource Label, has deep roots in the group’s history.
Indeed, the group’s name can be traced back to this specific location, which began delivering an expansive portfolio of printing and decorating capabilities to the Memphis and Nashville greater metropolitan areas in 1991 — more than a quarter of a century ago. As of Aug. 21, 2026, Resource Label is still taking requests for custom label quotes on the individual facility’s website.
The Tennessee WARN notice states that all 68 affected employees are part of the permanent closure. The workers are not represented by a collective bargaining agreement and do not have bumping rights. The Northern Middle Local Workforce Development Area rapid-response team is expected to coordinate reemployment and other services for displaced workers.
The Franklin closure comes against the backdrop of Resource Label Group’s long-running acquisition strategy. The company has built a broad North American converting network through numerous acquisitions, adding businesses with flexographic, digital, screen-printing, shrink-sleeve, RFID and specialty-packaging capabilities. Resource Label Group is a portfolio company of Ares Management.
The closure also should not be misconstrued to represent as an exit by Resource Label Group from the label market. The company continues to operate a large network across the US and Canada, and its current job listings include flexographic press and other print-production positions elsewhere in the organization.
Instead, the Franklin announcement bears watching as the package printing market has seen manufacturing footprints evolve even as large converting groups expand. Acquisitions can add presses, finishing equipment, technical expertise, and customer relationships, but larger networks also create opportunities to consolidate production among plants.
Furthermore, skilled labor remains a major industry consideration. The loss of 68 positions at a long-established label facility potentially puts experienced production, prepress, finishing, quality, and customer-service professionals into the regional labor market at a time when many converters continue to recruit experienced pressroom personnel.
About the author:
Linda Casey is editor of FLEXO Magazine. With more than three decades of experience in the printing, packaging, manufacturing, and broader business industries, Casey brings a wealth of printing and packaging knowledge to her role at FLEXO Magazine. Casey’s body of work includes reportage on a range of branding, business, packaging and printing topics for a multitude of printing, branding, and packaging publications, including Converting, Packaging Digest, Brand Experience magazine, Packaging Impressions, and High Volume Printing. When not immersed in the printing world, Casey can be found volunteering in her community, playing way too much Synth Riders on her Meta Quest 3, or with her partner Mark Repasky and their orange tabby cat Leon. She can be reached by email at [email protected]
