After last month reducing the workforce at its Fond du Lac, Wis., facility by nearly 300, Mercury Marine announced that it is implementing changes to the production schedule that will affect around 1,700 hourly employees.

Brunswick said in a statement:

“Due to continued softening of consumer demand in some of our markets, mainly as a result of continued high interest rates and near-term reductions in boat production by Mercury’s boatbuilder partners, Mercury has made the decision to adjust production schedules from now through the end of the year on most of our lines to match demand from our channel partners. This will impact around 1,700 hourly employees at our Fond du Lac facility.”