A facility in Kinston that produces dinnerware is set to close permanently as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, meaning nearly 160 layoffs. The Lenox Corporation, based in Pennsylvania, has ...

WITN reported Friday Lenox China Manufacturing, a major plant in Kinston, would be shutting down. The plant is one of Kinston's top employers known for manufacturing fine china for the White House.

Lenox Corp., based in Bristol, Bucks County, on April 20 announced that it was closing its Kinston, North Carolina, bone china factory due to the “unforeseeable downturn caused by the COVID-19 ...

KINSTON, N.C. (WNCT) Lenox Corporation will close its facility, Lenox China Manufacturing, in Kinston due to COVID-19. According to a letter by Lenox Corporation, the company is in “extreme f… ...

The china on display was made for six past presidents and was made at the Lenox facility in Kinston. The first year the china was made was in 1918 for 28th President Woodrow Wilson.

Oxford's loss is Kinston's gain. The Lenox plant there will add 30 jobs to boost production of bone china. Ivory china giftware has not sold as well, and Lenox will depend on cheaper labor overseas.