Kolbe & Kolbe Millwork Co., Inc. announced today that it is laying off 334 of its production and office employees — most of which work at the company’s Wausau facility —because of weak residential and light commercial construction industries.

The layoffs are expected to be temporary; the company plans to call back many of the workers as possible in early spring, said Michael Salsieder, the company’s president, in a news release.

Salsieder could not anticipate how many workers would be called back, saying that it will be determined by the resiliency of the economy.

“While a decision like this is not taken lightly, it is being done to insure the long-term strength of the Kolbe organization,” Salsieder said in the news release.

Salsieder also said that Kolbe is adequately staffed despite the layoffs. The company has offices in Wausau, Manawa, Chicago and Fort Collins, CO.