United States Senator Bob Casey visited Washington County on a campaign stop and addressed the closing of the Corelle Glass factory in Charleroi. Casey said that he has released a report outlining questionable practices of the private equity firm Centre Lane Partners who are moving forward with the closure of the plant and moving operations to Lancaster, Ohio. Casey said that he is using every tool available including investigation and litigation to halt the closure asking the FTC to investigate the method of how Centre Lane Partners became owners of the plant. Daniele Byrne, Vice President of United Steelworkers Union 53G said that the owners of the plant began dismantling press number 111 on Monday to begin moving it to Ohio. She said that the efforts from Casey’s office have been incredible and she hopes that the owners of the plant go to jail. The plant is scheduled for closure in the beginning of 2025.