BrandFX Body: Fort Worth company lays off 60 local employees by moving manufacturing to Iowa

Fort Worth-based BrandFX is consolidating some manufacturing operations to its Pocahontas, Iowa, facility and laying off 60 Fort Worth employees, according to a letter from the company to the Texas Workforce Commission. BrandFX is the world's largest producer of advanced composite service bodies, line bodies, inserts, toppers and covers, according to its website. The company was founded in 1984 and employs about 450 people across the country. Its customers are owners of light-duty trucks that...