Atlantic Coffee Solutions is going out of business and shuttering the former Maxwell House factory, one of the largest coffee manufacturing plants in the world.

The Houston-based company will cease roasting and packaging regular, decaf and instant coffee at its massive factory east of downtown this summer, according to company officials.

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About 279 employees will be affected by the closure. Layoffs will start on June 12, according to a letter the company sent to the Texas Workforce Commission.

A company spokeswoman confirmed the impending closure.

"The coffee industry has changed dramatically in recent years and low cost products from other countries have created substantial economic challenges for the company," the company said in a statement. "This decision was made after considering multiple options."

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The 1-million-square-foot facility, which sits on 18 acres at 3900 Harrisburg Blvd., has long been a landmark in the Second Ward.

Ford built the original brick and concrete building in 1913 for its Model T assembly plant. In 1946, Maxwell House, owned by General Foods and later Kraft Foods, moved into the facility. In 1988, the coffee maker added a 16-story tower bearing the company's eponymous neon sign.

In 2006, Maximus Coffee acquired the plant and shortly thereafter, removed the iconic Maxwell House sign. In 2014, the company was rebranded to Atlantic Coffee Solutions after a labor strike the year before.

Atlantic Coffee Solutions is currently wholly-owned by Texas-based Ecom Altantic, an affiliate of Switzerland-based Ecom Agroindustrial, one of the largest coffee merchants and millers in the world.