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Stanley Black & Decker closes Hampstead plant, lays off 55

What happened

Stanley Black & Decker is laying off 55 employees as part of its factory closure in Hampstead, Maryland.

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Algerina Perna, Baltimore Sun photo In 2001, the Baltimore area was home to a pair of Fortune 500 companies - Towson-based tool manufacturer Black & Decker and Constellation Energy, parent company of Baltimore Gas & Electric. It was also home to money manager Legg Mason, which would crack the list in 2009. By Karl Hille PUBLISHED: August 26, 2026 at 12:47 PM EDT Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Stanley Black & Decker informed the Maryland Department of Labor last week of plans to close their Hampstead factory in Carroll County, laying off 55 employees. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To log in, click here. Share this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X

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Event
Layoff

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Jobs cut
55
Location
Hampstead, Maryland, United States

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Numbers

Jobs cut (reported)
55
Headcount named
55

Extraction

Confidence
90%
Detected
Aug 26, 2026
signal_type
news
signal_subtype
decreases_headcount_by

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GET /v1/signals/0bf921a1-38e8-4ff0-d3cc-0c4a9bd2bd37 returns this record as JSON. POST /v1/companies/enrich returns every signal for stanleyblackanddecker.com.

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  "company": {
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    "title": "Stanley Black & Decker closes Hampstead plant, lays off 55 - Baltimore Sun",
    "excerpt": "Algerina Perna, Baltimore Sun photo In 2001, the Baltimore area was home to a pair of Fortune 500 companies - Towson-based tool manufacturer Black & Decker and Constellation Energy, parent company of Baltimore Gas & Electric. It was also home to money manager Legg Mason, which would crack the list in 2009. By Karl Hille PUBLISHED: August 26, 2026 at 12:47 PM EDT Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Stanley Black & Decker informed the Maryland Department of Labor last week of plans to close their Hampstead factory in Carroll County, laying off 55 employees. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To log in, click here. Share this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X",
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    "location": "Hampstead, Maryland, USA",
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    "image_url": "https://www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2013/01/25/YWLOV6RNOBA5TIYC5LQELXMUAM.jpg?w=1200&h=785",
    "confidence": 0.9,
    "published_at": "2026-08-26T16:52:46Z",
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        "state": "Maryland",
        "region": "Northern America",
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