Polk County fence company closing plant, cutting 69 jobs

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 5:00 a.m. February 9, 2024
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The Fence Outlet is laying off 69 employees in Lake Wales.
The Fence Outlet is laying off 69 employees in Lake Wales.
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A Polk County fencing manufacturer is closing its Lake Wales plant and will lay off 69 employees.

Fence Outlet announced in a letter to state and local officials Thursday that it was closing the facility at 4025 West Highway 60 in late March.

“At this time,” the letter, signed by the company’s president and CEO Raju Patel, says, “we anticipate the 69 employees will be affected by the layoffs, and that the layoffs will be permanent.”

 

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