New York Blower lays off more employees in La Porte

The News-Dispatch

LA PORTE - Another round of layoffs will go into effect today at New York Blower.

Executive Vice President of Operations Bob Korfmann said the number would be less than 10. The company doesn't have any plans for any future reductions, but added it can't make any promises.

The company has laid off nearly 100 employees since October. It now has about 210 employees, Korfmann said.

The jobs that will be lost are hourly positions. The 119-year-old manufacturer previously reduced its workers to just one shift, he said. He said the economy is the reason for the workforce reduction, and the company is not seeing as many orders from customers.

To save costs earlier this year, the company moved operations from one building to another and shut one building. No jobs were lost in that move.

New York Blower manufactures industrial air-moving equipment and its local plant is on Factory Street.