Two Glasgow manufacturing facilities are set to close in March, cutting about 100 jobs.

Carhartt, a Michigan-based work wear manufacturer, plans to shutter its distribution and sorting facilities in Glasgow as the company tries to cut costs.

“Unfortunately, it’s been a really tough year for most companies, and Carhartt has not been spared in this recession,” said Lindy Bleau, spokeswoman for Carhartt. “Streamlining our processes so we can fill the fast-paced needs of consumers and customers is the reason we had to make this decision.”

Carhartt operates two facilities in Glasgow – a distribution center made up of two buildings at a combined 175,000 square feet and a 65,000-square-foot sorting building.

The distribution facility employs 71 workers and the sorting plant has 29 workers. The facilities have operated in Glasgow since 1993. An official at the Glasgow distribution plant declined to comment.

“Obviously getting this news is never very easy for the affected (employees) involved,” Bleau said. “But with the economy, the way it has been fluctuating so much, I felt that a lot of these associates were not too surprised about this decision.”

The Glasgow centers are the only facilities Carhartt is closing at this time. The company has expanded facilities in other locations and decided to consolidate its distribution and sorting operations into those buildings, eliminating the need for the Glasgow locations, Bleau said.

Carhartt closed in June a sorting facility in Marrowbone and a distribution facility in Illinois, cutting 33 combined jobs.

“Obviously we haven’t been spared in this recession, so sales aren’t what they used to be,” Bleau said.

The plants will run on a normal schedule until mid-March, when they will close. Employees will be offered severance packages, and some workers might get an opportunity to transfer to a plant in Hanson.

“These associates are our family and many have been a part of Carhartt for a (long) time,” Bleau said. “It’s extremely difficult to communicate the frustration of the economy and the backlash of Carhartt.”

The company, which is family owned and has operated for about 120 years, employs about 3,500 workers worldwide.

While Carhartt is not the biggest employer in Barren County, Barren County Judge-Executive Davie Greer said it still has a large impact.

“Anytime you lose a facility such as this that has been here for several years, there’s going to be an impact,” she said. “I was so sorry to hear about it because it’s going to put people out of work and, at this time, we don’t need that.”