It’s Those Chips

Supply chain issues are forcing an area manufacturer to lay off some of their workforce. Powers and Sons…a Williams County company that makes car parts for Ford and others…says it will be temporarily trimming close to a third of its workforce. Roughly 90 are affected in the move. The hope is…company officials say…it should only last about a week. The problem?…an ongoing computer processor shortage. So when the Ford truck plant in Louisville, stopped placing orders for Power and Sons components…the company was forced to make a decision. Powers and Sons makes steering linkage and suspension components.