Electric Boat welding subcontractor to lay off 117 in October. What we know.

NORTH KINGSTOWN – A North Carolina company that provides specialty welding services to nuclear submarine builder General Dynamics Electric Boat has told state officials that it will lay off 117 non-union Rhode Island workers.

Riley Power Group, headquartered in Pinehurst, North Carolina, filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification notice on Thursday with the state Department of Labor and Training . The notice says the cuts will take effect Oct. 21. It does not say whether it's closing its facility in Rhode Island, although such notices are expected to provide that information.

Riley has worked with Electric Boat's Quonset Point facility since 2017 supporting the fabrication and assembly of submarine components, according to R i ley's website . "For the last two years, RPG has provided structural and pipe welding services to Electric Boat for the fabrication of various Navy vessels," the website says.

This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Electric Boat welding subcontractor to lay off 117 in October. What we know.