In June 2006 the Centerville Daily Iowegian reported that the city's largest employer, a Rubbermaid plant, that opened in Centerville in 1985, would shut down in September 2006 displacing 500 workers. In 2007, the former Rubbermaid building was purchased by Lee Container, a manufacturer of products made of high density polyethylene plastic resin.
In June 2006 the Centerville Daily Iowegian reported that the city's largest employer a Rubbermaid plant that opened in Centerville in 1985 would shut down in September 2006 displacing 500 workers In 2007 the former Rubbermaid building was purchased by Lee Container a manufacturer of products made of high density polyethylene plastic resin