Soft demand for automotive glass has prompted a German company to announce the shutdown of its plant in Naugatuck, at the cost of 34 jobs.
Flabeg Technical Glass US Corp. will close its manufacturing facility at 451 Church St. at the end of March, according to a company statement.
City officials intend to start seeking a new occupant for the plant in earnest at the beginning of the year and have already reached out to prospective tenants, Naugatuck Economic Development Corp. President Ronald Pugliese said.
“The town is not marketing at this point since we just heard about the closing late last week,” Pugliese said via email. “My office will do all we can to find new jobs for the workers who will lose their jobs.”
Flabeg, based in Nuremberg, Germany, bought Naugatuck Glass in 2009, according to Glass on Web, an industry news site.
The Naugatuck facility has been the site of glass manufacturing since 1927.
