Vestas lays off 185 at Brighton plant

BRIGHTON — Vestas Wind Systems A/S, a Danish wind-energy company with U.S. manufacturing plants in Windsor, Brighton and Pueblo, will lay off 185 workers at its Brighton facility permanently.

The layoffs, a reason for which was not given, will begin Jan. 17, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notice submitted to the Colorado Department of Employment and Labor. 

WARN notices are generally required when a company with more than 100 employees has a mass layoff or closes.

The layoff announcement comes just weeks after Hexcel Corp. (NYSE: HXL), a major supplier of…