A manufacturing employer in Logansport, Indiana, has filed a WARN notice covering 99 workers. Matthew Warren, LLC submitted the notice on November 12, 2026, with the job losses scheduled to take effect on January 15, 2027. The notice is listed as a closure on the Indiana Department of Workforce Development's WARN table, under manufacturing (NAICS 31-33).

It is the newest official WARN filing in Indiana, and the largest single Indiana filing to surface in recent weeks. The 64 days between the notice date and the effective date clear the 60-day advance-notice window the federal WARN Act requires of covered employers.

What the notice says

The filing itself is brief, as WARN notices usually are. The facts on the public record are:

  • Employer: Matthew Warren, LLC
  • Location: Logansport, Indiana
  • Workers affected: 99
  • Notice date: November 12, 2026
  • Effective date: January 15, 2027
  • Event type: Closure
  • Industry: Manufacturing

The notice does not name the job titles affected or give a reason for the closure. Those details, when they exist, appear in the employer's letter to the state dislocated worker unit, which is not part of the public WARN table. What the table does establish is the scale and the timing: 99 workers, with just over two months' warning.

The company behind the filing

Matthew Warren is a spring manufacturer. Federal labor records describe Matthew Warren Spring, a subsidiary of MW Industries, Inc., as a maker of springs, stampings, and rings, with multiple plants in Logansport. The company has operated in the city for decades.

That history does not tell us why this closure is happening. A WARN notice is a statement of intent, not an explanation. But the company's long presence in Logansport makes the filing notable for the city: 99 jobs is a significant number in a community of roughly 18,000 people, and manufacturing has been Logansport's economic anchor for generations.

Logansport's difficult year

The Matthew Warren filing is not the first WARN notice to hit Logansport in 2026. In February, First Brands Group filed notice that it would permanently close its Logansport facility, affecting 38 workers, with the closure effective April 30, 2026. That filing, like this one, was listed as a closure.

Together, the two filings put at least 137 Logansport manufacturing jobs on the WARN record this year. For a small industrial city, two closures in one year is a real blow.

Indiana in the national picture

Indiana's WARN record is large. The Layoff Atlas registry holds 1,183 non-cancelled imported notices for the state, reporting 150,940 workers affected in total. In the last 365 days, Indiana has seen 37 eligible official filings reporting 5,589 workers. So far in 2026, the state has recorded 31 notices covering 4,418 workers — already close to 2025's full-year total of 34 notices and 4,643 workers, with seven weeks of the year still to go.

Seven Indiana notices currently have future effective dates, and the Matthew Warren filing is the newest of them. The state's 2026 filings are spread across the year rather than concentrated in a single event, which is a different shape from the national picture, where two states dominate: California reports 22,043 workers and Washington 17,333 in the current 90-day window.

Nationally, the registry currently shows 669 notices covering 61,403 reported workers in the 90-day window, with 29 notices carrying no worker count. The heaviest weeks are already here: the week of November 13 carries 7,371 scheduled workers, followed by 7,181 in the week of November 20.

What happens next for the 99 workers

A WARN notice starts a clock, and workers can use the notice period. In Indiana, affected workers can file for unemployment benefits, and the state's Rapid Response program — run through the Department of Workforce Development — offers reemployment services, including job search help and, in some cases, retraining support. Workers who were covered by a union contract should check with their representative about any additional protections or severance terms in the agreement.

The most important thing to understand about any WARN filing is what it is not. These are reported plans, not confirmed job losses. Notices are sometimes amended, delayed, or withdrawn, and the number of workers listed is the employer's estimate at the time of filing. The 99 workers at Matthew Warren are the number the company reported on November 12. Whether all 99 separations happen on January 15, and whether any are recalled or transferred, will only become clear as the date approaches.

How to read this filing

Single-company WARN notices are easy to overread. A 99-worker closure in one Indiana city is a serious local event, but it is not, by itself, evidence of a statewide or national trend. Indiana's 2026 total of 4,418 workers across 31 notices is modest next to the national leaders, and the state's filings this year have been steady rather than spiking.

What the filing does show is the WARN system working as designed: a covered employer gave more than the minimum notice, the state published the record promptly, and workers, local officials, and the public can see the scale and the date while there is still time to prepare. For the 99 workers in Logansport, the clock is now running.

Data source: Layoff Atlas