London Machinery, a fixture of London, Ontario’s industrial sector for more than 120 years, is reducing its workforce and shifting some production to a U.S. facility in response to 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian-made goods sold south of the border. While company president Robert Monchamp emphasized the London plant will remain open and continue supplying the Canadian market, production levels will drop as operations expand at a reopened plant in Iowa.

The move comes at a difficult time for the region, where unemployment has risen to 8.2 per cent — the highest in five years — reflecting broader pressures in Canada’s manufacturing sector. About 60 per cent of the plant’s 2025 record output of 1,289 concrete mixers was sold to the U.S., making it particularly vulnerable to trade policy changes.

With CUSMA renegotiations pending, uncertainty continues to weigh on employers and workers alike. Unionized employees earning $28 to $34 an hour now face layoffs, underscoring how tariffs and cross-border trade instability are directly affecting Canadian industrial jobs.

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Norman De Bono’s original article, “About 50 layoffs as London Machinery shifts work to U.S. due to tariffs” was published in The London Free Press on February 12, 2026. Read the Full London Free Press news story.

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