Fall River window and door factory closes

Associated Press

A window and door maker is closing its Fall River plant, putting nearly 300 people out of work.

A spokeswoman for Silver Line Building Products Corp. tells The Herald News of Fall River that the shutdown is effective Friday.

North Brunswick, N.J.-based Silver Line, a division of Anderson Windows, built the 200,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility on a 15-acre parcel in 2001 for $13.1 million. It employed more than 500 people at its peak, but a drop in demand for the products over the last few years has caused a steady decrease in the building's work force.

Company spokeswoman Maureen McDonough says the site will maintain a skeleton staff.

Fall River's 13.9 percent unemployment rate is the second worst in Massachusetts.