The Louisville-based company's facility, where barrel makers — also known as coopers — produce the white oak barrels that hold Brown-Forman's whiskey brands: Jack Daniel's, Old Forester, Woodford ...

Brown-Forman, the Louisville-based maker of spirits including Jack Daniels, Old Forester and Woodford Reserve, plans to cut ...

The announcement of Brown Forman's decision to close its Louisville cooperage, and cut 210 jobs, could have a larger effect ...

Brown-Forman use to have more than one barrel making facility, he noted, and at one point, was among just a few cooperages supplying the industry. “Over the years they've slowly gotten out of th ...

The Brown-Forman Cooperage, 420 MacLean Ave. in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, May 28 2013. The cooperage which made more than 600 ...

Brown-Forman Corporation announced Tuesday morning that it is closing its cooperage in Louisville and laying off 12 percent ...

Brown-Forman (BF.B) (BF.A) announced a series of strategic initiatives. These initiatives include a workforce reduction ...

The Louisville cooperage, where Brown-Forman makes it barrels, will be closed no later than April 25, which will impact roughly 210 hourly and salaried employees. The company plans to source ...

Spirits giant Brown-Forman Corp. says it’s reducing its global workforce by about 12% and closing its barrel-making plant in ...

The company did not fully detail where those layoffs will happen, though Brown-Forman did announce Tuesday it will close its cooperage in Louisville, where it has approximately 210 employees.

NOW IT WILL BE ANOTHER FEW MONTHS BEFORE OPERATIONS HERE AT THE BROWN, BROWN-FORMAN COOPERAGE COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN. THE COMPANY TOLD ITS EMPLOYEES IT WILL BE STOPPING OPERATIONS HERE ON APRIL 25TH.

Brown-Forman is set to close its Louisville cooperage where approximately 210 employees work, but unless you are in or interested in the bourbon industry, you may have never heard of it.