...March, and Globe Business Furniture's wooden table plant, closed since February. To the right sits the Sunlite Casual Furniture plant, closed since 1997. But Legion's success story has spanned nearly 30 years in Waynesboro, and the company...

...1996 and now employs about 500. Burke County still is trying to recuperate from the July 1997 closing of the Sunlite Casual Furniture plant. The shutdown hit with the impact of a head-on collision, leaving 565 jobless. The plant had operated...

...Augusta were told the plant will close Aug. 30. Last month, U.S. Industries told 500 workers at the Sunlite Casual Furniture plant in Waynesboro that the plant would close. And federal employees have found out that one in six federal workers...

...manufacturing plant, eliminating 130 jobs. The two buildings will be empty by early May. They'll join the former Sunlite Casual Furniture plant, which closed in 1997 and employed 500, on a database at the Georgia Resource Center in Atlanta. Companies...

...percent, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Last month, U.S. Industries told 500 workers at the Sunlite Casual Furniture plant in Waynesboro that the plant would close. The Warrenton, Ga., United Parcel Service facility, which is...

...buyer stepped up. U.S. Industries seemed to offer hope, and even gave the division the cheerful name - Sunlite Casual Furniture. Plant officials told employees Monday morning and sent a letter to local officials that afternoon. U.S. Industries...