45 Indalex workers remain on layoff

GIRARD — About 45 workers laid off from Indalex Aluminum Solutions aren’t expected to return to work any time soon.

The workers were furloughed last month when part of the foundation of an extrusion press cracked.

The press can’t operate and the damage isn’t easy to repair, said Scott Langdon, a spokesman for Indalex.

“You can’t patch it. You have to take the press apart and rebuild it,” he said.

Indalex has decided not to rebuild the press, however, because demand for the plant’s products has been down, he said.

The Girard plant is part of the company’s residential building and construction group, which has three other plants. Orders for the group’s extrusion products are down because the home-building industry is in a slump, Langdon said.

“It doesn’t make much business sense to repair the press when you have capacity available,” he said.

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