Thursday, November 01, 2012

Just in time for Christmas contd.

Switzerland's Lonza axes 500 jobs to cut costs

By Caroline Copley

ZURICH | Wed Oct 31, 2012 9:55am GMT

(Reuters) - Swiss drugs industry supplier Lonza plans to cut 500 jobs, including 400 at its main plant in southern Switzerland, as it grapples with low-cost competition, a strong Swiss franc and higher raw material prices.

The cuts at the Basel-based firm, which makes pharmaceutical ingredients for drugmakers such as GlaxoSmithKline and Abbott, equate to around 5 percent of its global workforce of about 11,000.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/10/31/us-lonza-idUKBRE89U0GQ20121031

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