Over 200 employees at Kraus Flooring have worked their last day at the Waterloo plant, as the company has announced a "temporary layoff notice."

In an email to CBC K-W Shawn Davies, president and CEO of Kraus Flooring, said 210 employees are on layoff notice.

Davies provided a statement as well declaringing the layoffs were as a result of "market conditions" and that the layoffs take place as of Friday.

"Our sales offices, distribution and other facilities are open and continue to operate as usual," Davies said in the statement.

Kraus Flooring was founded by Michael Kraus in 1959, with the company's headquarters in Waterloo.