---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-035612"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IIIN"
cik: "0000764401"
company_name: "INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-11-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T23:26:29.109620+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Insteel Industries to close Warren, OH facility, cut 35 jobs, take $1.9M charge

## Summary
- Closing Warren, Ohio facility acquired via Engineered Wire Products purchase; moving manufacturing to other welded wire reinforcement plants.
- Up to 35 positions eliminated; operations expected to cease by end of November 2024.
- Restructuring charge of ~$1.9M includes $0.6M equipment relocation, $0.2M employee separation, $0.5M asset impairment, $0.6M other costs.
- Cash expenditures for charge expected in first quarter of fiscal 2024 and remainder of the fiscal year (per filing).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-035612
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IIIN
- cik: 0000764401
- company_name: INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-11-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.05, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774924035612/0001437749-24-035612-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774924035612/iiin20241116_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-035612
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-035612.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-035612.txt

## Key facts
- Restructurings & Charges
  INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC announced a restructuring with charges of approximately $1.9 million affecting Warren, Ohio facility (up to 35 positions).
  - Type: restructuring
  - Charge: approximately $1.9 million
  - Affected area: Warren, Ohio facility
  - Headcount: up to 35 positions
  source text: Insteel expects to incur a restructuring charge of approximately $1.9 million related to the facility's closure.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774924035612/0001437749-24-035612-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.