Executives made the warning about the layoffs as contract negotiations with GE were continuing last month. The Des Moines Register previously reported that TPI has supplied wind turbine blades to General Electric.
The notice was labeled as a “closing.” Further information was not immediately available Monday. The company previously warned of a possible plant shutdown, and the notice posted Monday made the layoffs official. More than 700 workers in Newton will lose their jobs by the end of the year.Īccording to a notice on the state workforce development website, TPI Composites of Newton, a maker of wind blade turbines, plans to lay off 710 workers by Dec.
