The workforce reduction represents about 10% of Vestas’ 1,100 manufacturing employees in the state, according to the Danish company. Employment peaked at 1,700 several years ago.

“We are disappointed that we must lay off many of our highly skilled employees,” the company says in a statement.

All remaining hourly production workers at the two blade factories will move back to 40-hour work weeks effective 25 February, after a temporary reduction to 32 late last year.