Chelmsford-based Courier Corp., one of the country’s leading book manufacturers and specialty publishers, announced the closure of Courier Stoughton (MA) “due to competitive pressures and technology shifts.” It has been a slow death for the plant over the last decade. Previously, 170 employees worked there. Courier CFO Peter Folger said it was a matter of “having too much capacity” for the amount of demand.
To date, about 10 Stoughton workers, including a local selectman, are slated to take jobs at the other operations. “We know all these people,” Folger said of the workforce. “It’s horrible from their perspective.”...
