Business: Hufcor, 2101 Kennedy Road, Janesville.
Employees being laid off: Between 20 and 60 for three two-week, rotating periods.
Employees remaining: Between 260 and 306.
Company description: Makes operable wall systems.
JANESVILLE — In an effort to further weather an economic slowdown, Hufcor will rotate employees into a voluntary layoff program.
Employees who sign up will be laid off for two weeks as part of a program that is expected to run for six weeks, said Pat Whitmore, Hufcor's vice president of human resources.
The first two weeks of the program are expected to involve 20 employees, Whitmore said, adding that 40 more will be added for the third and fourth and fifth and six weeks.
"At this point, it's all voluntary," she said.
Earlier this month, the Janesville-based manufacturer of operable wall systems laid off 54 members of its 380-employee workforce.
The company is caught in a global and domestic construction market that's softened considerably, with several projects delayed.
Whitmore said February is typically a slow month, and that the company also hopes to benefit from work associated with the recently passed economic stimulus package.
Hufcor's wall systems are made at 18 plants and sold in 130 countries. Since its founding in 1900, Hufcor has completed installations at hundreds of convention centers and thousands of hotels.