Caterpillar lays off 60 employees in North Little Rock

FILE PHOTO: A motor grader moves down the assembly line in August 2010 at the Caterpillar manufacturing plant in North Little Rock.
FILE PHOTO: A motor grader moves down the assembly line in August 2010 at the Caterpillar manufacturing plant in North Little Rock.

Sixty employees at Caterpillar’s production plant in North Little Rock have been laid off to “align production with demand,” the company said.

Of that number, 50 are full-time employees while the remaining 10 are agency workers, corporate spokesman Penny Wu said in a statement. Their last day is Monday.

“Caterpillar understands this decision is difficult for the impacted workers and their families, but these actions are necessary to position the company for long-term success,” the statement reads in part.

Caterpillar's North Little Rock operation, which produces eight motor grader models for the company, has been in production since October 2010.

Additional information regarding the number of employees currently working at the plant was not immediately available.

Read Friday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.

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