Briggs & Stratton is moving its engine-component production to Auburn, according to a Wisconsin television station.

The company, the world’s largest producer of gasoline engines for outdoor power equipment, has ceased production at its Wauwatosa, Wisc. plant, resulting in 160 layoffs.

According to WTMJ in Milwaukee, the company’s moves come after it eliminated its tractor and snow-thrower production in Wauwatosa last fall. At the time, Briggs & Stratton retained most of its employees by placing them in other positions.

Briggs & Stratton is located in the Auburn Technology Park South and is one of the largest manufacturing employers in East Alabama. In 2021, the company announced a $9.4 million expansion at its Auburn facility.

In addition to the Auburn move, the company’s air-cooled home standby generator production is moving to to Bluff, Mo. The decision came due to the Wauwatosa plant losing money.

Attempts to reach Briggs & Stratton for comment were not immediately successful.