St. Augustine company to layoff 208

An area manufacturing company will lay off 208 employees in 2009, according to a notice filed Friday by the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation.

St. Augustine-based Ideal Div Epicor Industries Inc. designs and manufactures clamps for various uses.

Besides the headquarters at 3200 Parker Drive, the company has locations in Tennessee, China and Mexico.

The company has more than 90 years of experience, according to its Web site, and relocated to St. Augustine from Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1986.