Marinette Marine Lays Off Almost 100 Workers a Week After the Navy Canceled Ship Orders

Marinette Marine lays off almost 100 workers a week after the Navy canceled ship orders

Fincantieri Marinette Marine laid off nearly 100 workers on Wednesday, about a week after the U.S. Navy announced it was canceling much of a multi-billion dollar order for ships that would have been built in Wisconsin. The post Marinette Marine lays off almost 100 workers a week after the Navy canceled ship orders appeared first on WPR.

Fincantieri to lay off 93 after Navy cancels frigate order

Fincantieri announced it will layoff 93 workers following an announcement in late November that the U.S. Havy was cancelling its order for four Constellation Class frigates scheduled to be built at Marinette Marine.

Fincantieri: Constellation class cancelations part of a “reshaping” of partnership with the Navy

Fincantieri has released a statement providing more background on the Navy’s widely-reported decision to cancel four Constellation-class frigates. Released by Fincantieri Marine Group (FMG), the statement says that FMG and the U.S. Navy have reached a “significant agreement that provides for reshaping the future of the Constellation-class Program, currently under construction at Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM), in Wisconsin. In this framework…