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Marlin Firearms in North Haven will be closing in the next 18 months. (Jamie Muro/WTNH)

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Marlin Firearms closing, 265 laid off

North Haven plant closing in next 18 months

Updated: Thursday, 25 Mar 2010, 11:20 PM EDT
Published : Thursday, 25 Mar 2010, 4:54 PM EDT

    North Haven, Conn. (WTNH) - Employees at Marlin Firearms in North Haven just got word late Thursday afternoon that they will be losing their jobs in the next 18 months.

    265 people will be losing their jobs. The layoff will begin in May and the plant will be closed by June of 2011. The company tells News Channel 8 that they are moving the work out of state.

    Employees we spoke with say they feel blindsided.

    "We had a meeting at 3:30pm. They gonna phase us out," said one employee who has worked at Marlin for 19 years.

    Founded by John Marlin in New Haven in 1870, Marlin Firearms is now headquartered in Madison, North Carolina. In 2007, Marlin was sold to the Remington Arms Company.

    The North Haven plant manufactures a variety of rifles.

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