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accession: "0001437749-26-028729"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IIIN"
cik: "0000764401"
company_name: "INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-08-21T20:05:12+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-21T20:06:17.392929+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Insteel to close Upper Sandusky, Ohio plant; $4.6M charges, 65 jobs cut

## Summary
- Facility closure announced Aug 21, 2026; operations to cease by end of October 2026.
- Up to 65 positions eliminated at Upper Sandusky; output moved to other welded wire plants with ample capacity.
- Restructuring charges ~$4.6M: $2.5M equipment relocation, $0.4M employee separation, $1.0M asset impairment, $0.7M other.
- Cash expenditures begin fiscal Q1 2027 and continue through fiscal year.
- CEO H.O. Woltz III says no revenue impact expected; consolidation improves cost competitiveness.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-028729
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IIIN
- cik: 0000764401
- company_name: INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-08-21T20:05:12+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- 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/764401/000143774926028729/0001437749-26-028729-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774926028729/iiin20260820_8k.htm

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