Waukesha aluminum foundry to fire all 87 employees

Published on: 8/16/2011

Westwood Aluminum Castings Inc. expects to terminate all 87 of its employees by Friday, the Waukesha foundry said Tuesday in a notification to the state Department of Workforce Development.

The company operates a 200,000-square-foot plant at 1242 Lincoln Ave. and has been in business since 1923, according to its website. Originally known as Quality Aluminum Castings, the firm became Westwood in 1997. In 2009, the website says, Westwood was purchased and a new management team installed.

Efforts to reach company executives Tuesday were unsuccessful.