SYDNEY, N.S. — A longtime Cape Breton metal manufacturer has closed its doors, leaving about 10 people out of work. East Coast Metal Fabrication closed in ...
East Coast Metal Fabrication's shop at the Sydport Industrial Park in Edwardsville. After 25 years of metal manufacturing, the company closed its doors in late August. It has struggled with staffing in recent years because of work shortages. CAPE BRETON POST FILE.Musicians, humour and stories galore help Bruce Guthro's Celebration of Life | SaltWireSYDNEY, N.S. — A longtime Cape Breton metal manufacturer has closed its doors, leaving about 10 people out of work.
The closure follows a string of layoffs dating back to 2021. The 10 employees remaining when the company closed is down from more than 40 workers between 2015 and 2021. Over its 25 years, East Coast Metal Fabrication worked on several large projects in the Sydney area. Recently, the company supplied the structural steel for the Membertou Sport and Wellness Centre, which opened in 2016. It also installed the steel frame at Nova Scotia Community College’s Sydney Waterfront Campus.
Workers with East Coast Metal Fabrication of Edwardsville, N.S., work on the iron frame of the Membertou Sport and Wellness Centre in 2015. CAPE BRETON POST FILE - StaffMuch of East Coast Metal Fabrication’s business relied on contracts to work on larger projects. At the company’s peak of 50-plus employees in 2015 and 2016, the majority of workers were assigned to full-time work on the Membertou Sport and Wellness Centre.
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