Little Rock – LM Windpower to lay off 234 workers

LM Windpower says it will lay off more than half of its workers at the company’s Little Rock plant, which manufactures windmill blades.

The Denmark-based company blamed a drop in demand for the layoffs, saying it’s been hurt by the upcoming expiration of a federal tax credit for renewable energy.

The company tells the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette  that it will lay off 94 full-time employees and all 140 temporary workers. The company employs 300 full-time workers in Little Rock.

The company says the layoffs will begin this month.

The news comes the same day Hawker Beechcraft announced the layoff of 170 people at its Little Rock facility…

via LM Windpower to lay off 140 temporary workers, 94 fulltime employees at Little Rock plant.

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