The storage-door maker Janus International is turning one of its Indiana manufacturing plants into a distribution center, part of a three-round restructuring that the company puts at about $5.6 million in charges. Janus disclosed the plan in a federal filing dated Sept. 25, 2026. The filing does not say how many workers are affected, or which jobs.

The Indiana plant

According to the company’s Form 8-K, Janus committed during the second quarter of 2026 to converting the Indiana manufacturing plant of its Janus Core unit into a distribution center, with a related reduction in force. A reduction in force is a layoff. The filing does not name the town, the plant’s size or how many people work there.

Two other moves came in the same quarter. Janus is leaving the Nokē, Inc. facility in Utah early, ahead of a lease that expires in November 2026. It is also moving manufacturing for Kiwi II Construction from California to Arizona. Together, the filing says, those second-quarter measures carry severance costs of about $1.4 million and annualized savings of about $2.7 million.

Three rounds of cuts

The Indiana conversion is the last of three rounds the filing describes.

• In January 2026, Janus consolidated its ASTA facility into Janus Core in Houston and cut jobs at Janus Core. The filing puts severance and exit costs for that round at about $3.1 million, with savings of about $2.6 million from the consolidation and $1.7 million from the layoff. The ASTA facility was subleased to a third party in September.
• In March 2026, Janus committed to more reductions in force at the company and at Janus Core, plus cost cuts across divisions. Severance for that round is about $1.1 million, with savings of about $3.8 million.
• In the second quarter came the Indiana, Utah and California moves described above.

For workers at those sites, the filing leaves the main questions open. It names Houston, Indiana, Utah, California and Arizona but gives no job counts, no layoff dates and no word on whether affected workers are offered transfers.

Janus says the restructuring should be substantially complete by Jan. 2, 2027, the last day of its fiscal year.

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The first-round figure is not all severance. It combines severance with exit costs, the filing says. The three rounds add up to the $5.6 million total, which the company describes as non-recurring pre-tax charges, mainly severance, employee costs, lease obligations and real estate charges.

Janus expects the cuts to save about $10.8 million a year before taxes. The company says most of the charges will land by the end of the third quarter, which closes Oct. 3, 2026. It expects the work to be substantially complete by the end of its fiscal year on Jan. 2, 2027.

Retention grants for executives

The same filing reports a separate decision. On Sept. 23, the company’s compensation committee approved a one-time award of restricted stock units to three executives: Chief Financial Officer Anselm Wong, and executive vice presidents Morgan Hodges and Vic Nettie. Each grant has a value of $750,000 on the grant date. The awards vest in three equal annual installments, as long as the executive stays with the company.

The filing says the awards are meant as a retention incentive and to line up executives’ interests with stockholders. The restructuring and the grants appear in the same document, but the filing does not connect one to the other.

What notice and severance rules say

The federal WARN Act, described on the Labor Department’s WARN page, helps ensure advance notice in cases of qualified plant closings and mass layoffs. The page does not set out the thresholds, and a plant conversion that cuts some jobs may or may not qualify. The filing itself does not say whether Janus has issued any notices.

Severance is a matter between employer and employee. The filing says the company expects to pay it, and gives the totals above, but it does not describe the terms for any worker. Terms usually come in a letter or an agreement handed to the person leaving.

Questions for a Janus worker to ask

A worker at a Janus site who is told a job is ending can ask for the severance terms in writing. The questions that matter most are how many weeks of pay are offered, whether health coverage continues and for how long, and what happens to unused vacation pay. Also worth asking is whether an agreement asks the worker to give up legal claims in exchange for the pay, since that is a decision to make with time to read it.

The separation date should be written down too. Each state labor department runs its own unemployment program, and its website is the free place to find out when and how to file. The Labor Department’s WARN page is also free, and it links guides for workers.

Janus has not said when affected employees will be told. The 8-K is the company’s own account, and any later filing or announcement would be the next place to look for job numbers.

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This article was produced with AI assistance and edited for accuracy against the sources linked above.