Coronavirus: Mass Layoffs At Groton Business

GROTON, CT — PCC Structurals LLC will lay off 71 workers due to the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic, according to documents filed with the state Department of Labor. The Portland, Oregon-based company specializes in providing superalloy, aluminum, and titanium investment castings primarily for industrial gas turbines and other energy applications.

PCC has several locations across the U.S. and overseas.

Company officials said in the documents that layoffs are due to a "dramatic downturn in business caused by the coronavirus natural disaster, and specifically our unprecedented reduction in our sales projection as well as cancellation of existing orders."

Layoffs began April 10 and continued until April 22. The company expects that employees' separation will be permanent.

The job losses affected wax injectors, wax assemblers and technicians.

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