A storage maker plans to close a factory in North Wales that has manufacturing lockers for 40 years.
Whittan Group has told workers at Lion Steel in Saltney that the site will close in January with all 55 workers made redundant.
The Flintshire factory was built in World War Two and for decades has employed workers making steel storage lockers - recently helping kit out the Nightingale Covid hospitals.
But it now faces closure in a move described by Unite as an "act of industrial vandalism".
Work will relocate to a site in Telford in Shropshire.
Unite regional officer Brian Troake said: "This is a devastating blow to the long-standing and loyal workforce at Saltney, many of whom have worked at the site for decades.
"The proposed closure is an act of industrial vandalism by the Whittan Group, which will be resisted every inch of the way by Unite's members to retain these jobs in Wales.
“Our members in Saltney deserve better treatment from the company.
“Saltney is an economically viable site which boasts a full order book and a healthy future.
“The company should recognise its social responsibility towards its loyal employees and their families, and also to the wider community .
"This will also be a bitter blow for the local economy, especially in the middle of a pandemic.
"We would encourage the Whittan Group to work with Unite and the Welsh Government to explore every avenue available to prevent closure, including the chancellor’s new job support scheme (JSS) as a way of avoiding compulsory redundancies.”
Whittan Group has been asked to comment.
