Winnebago Industries said this week it will close its diesel motorhome factory in Junction City and shift production from there to Iowa.

Winnebago bought its Lane County facility in 2015 from a shuttered motorhome company, Country Coach. The Iowa company said the Oregon site hadn’t met profitability goals and that consolidating production will enable it to operate more efficiently.

The Junction City factory has 250 employees and will retain just 30 afterwards, in an aftermarket and parts facility. Layoffs will begin in April, according to a notice the company sent to state employment officials.

Winnebago said it expects to add 175 jobs in Iowa by the end of 2020.

Though Oregon’s jobless rate is at a historic low, 4.1 percent, layoffs have continued at a number of employers including Boyd’s Coffee, Nike, SureID and others as individual companies faced business setbacks. Amid a steadily growing job market, though, laid-off workers are bouncing back faster than in past years.

Lane County’s jobless rate was 4.6 percent in December, according to the most recent state data.

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