Illumus Will Close Barn Light Factory & Relocate Operations

Four months after its acquisition of the privately held, domestic lighting manufacturer Barn Light Electric, Illumus – which also operates the brands Green Creative and Industrial Lighting Products (ILP) and NUROAIR Bluetooth Controls –  has issued a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice to workers at Barn Light’s Titusville, Florida, facility, according the Orlando Business Journal.

The manufacturing plant in Titusville – where Barn Light has been located since it was founded in 2008 – will be closed and some workers and operations relocated to Illumus’ 180,000-sq.-ft. headquarters in Sanford, Florida.

Orlando Business Journal reported that 84 workers spanning the customer service, product engineering, sales, and manufacturing departments will be laid off. According to the article, nearly all of the layoffs will occur by  the end of April — with the exception of “five managerial employees, who will remain through September 30 to oversee the transition.”

Illumus’ director of marketing Trew Benishek told the Orlando Business Journal that some Barn Light employees have been offered to stay on.  

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