Staples Promotional Products Lays Off 45 in Iowa

Staples Promotional Products will cut 45 jobs at two Iowa plants.

This week, 23 workers in Hawarden, Iowa and 22 in Marcus, Iowa were given 30 days notice.

Laid off workers will get a severance, and may apply for jobs at the Staples in Orange City.

Staples is the world’s largest office supply retail store chain, with over 2,000 stores worldwide in 27 countries. The Framingham, Massachusetts-based company has catalog and delivery businesses, and serves customers in Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Italy, Portugal, United Kingdom and the US. The company opened its first store in Brighton, Massachusetts in 1986.