(Radio Iowa) – Forty-nine employees at the Lennox plant in Marshalltown will be laid off at the end of this month. Texas-based Lennox International makes heating and air conditioning systems in Marshalltown. Twenty-two workers at the plant were laid off August 1st and with this September round of layoffs, by October 1st, the payroll will be reduced by 71 positions.

In a written statement, the company said the layoffs would adjust production and staffing to current market conditions. In late 2018, the Marshalltown facility was heavily damaged by a tornado. Repairs and renovations were completed in mid-2023.

Lennox also has production facilities in Mexico and South Carolina.