GRAND JUNCTION – A Colorado defense contractor has laid off 37 employees.
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reports a spokeswoman for Grand Junction contractor Capco Inc, which contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense to build weapons, weapons components and ammunition, confirms the manufacturer laid off the employees Wednesday.
Attempts to contact Capco CEO Cordell Bennigson at his office Thursday were unsuccessful. The company referred questions to Michelle Lyng of Novitas Communications in Denver, who was contracted to handle communications for the company.
Lyng provided a statement from Bennigson that read in part, “Due to program delays, we sadly are faced with the reality that we have to lay off approximately 13 percent of our workforce.”
The company employed about 300 people last year when workers were sent home as federal agents executed a search warrant at the business.
