Joslyn Sunbank,a long time aviation and aerospace component maker will close their Paso Robles plant in coming weeks, laying off 64 employees. The plant has been a fixture in Paso Robles since 1958 with many employees who have worked decades at  the 1740 Commerce Way facility, some with a 50-year tenure, say sources. The news comes from a state WARN notice published this week laying out the time table for the permanent closure in mid-January 2025.

The company is a manufacturer and supplier of connector accessories and conduit systems to aerospace, military and commercial industries. The firm markets its products through a network of representatives and distributors in the United States. Joslyn Sunbank is a manufacturers of electrical wiring harness connector and conduit accessories
Joslyn Corporation purchased Sunbank in 1988, and Esterline acquired Joslyn Sunbank in 2013.Ireland-based Eaton acquired Souriau-Sunbank Connection in 2019. Eaton is a power management company that provides energy-efficient solutions. Eaton(NYSE:ETN) announced it had completed the acquisition of the Souriau-Sunbank Connection Technologies business of TransDigm Group Incorporated for $920 million.Headquartered in Versailles, France, Souriau-Sunbank is a global leader in highly engineered electrical interconnect solutions for harsh environments for customers in the aerospace, defense, industrial, energy, and transport industries. Founded over 100 years ago, the business has a workforce of approximately 3,200 people and manufacturing facilities in France, the Dominican Republic, India, Morocco, Mexico, and the United States.