3M will cease the manufacture of eye and ear protection devices at its Southbridge, Massachusetts plant, resulting in 200 layoffs by next year. The jobs will go to other 3M sites globally. Fifty white collar workers will retain their jobs at the site. The firm announced in April it was cutting 1,200 jobs globally, or 1.5% of [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 29, 2009
3M is laying off 40 workers from its engineering division. Most of those affected work at the firm’s Maplewood, Minnesota headquarters. 3M is also closing a hearing- and eye-protection products plant in Southbridge, Massachusetts, cutting 200 employees. The firm announced in April it was cutting 1,200 jobs globally, or 1.5% of its workforce. 3M Company, aka Minnesota Mining [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 13, 2009
Kentucky officials and The National Alliance for Advanced Transportation Batteries are working to bring a $600 million manufacturing campus to Hardin County. The Alliance chose Kentucky over seven other states as the potential home of the complex. If funding is secured, the plant would create up to 2,000 jobs. The proposed plant would build lithium-ion batteries for [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 1, 2009
3M is cutting its worldwide work force by another 1,200 jobs, or 1.5%. Fewer than half the jobs eliminated will be in the US, and will include several hundred in Minnesota at the company’s Maplewood headquarters. The 1,200 layoffs include cuts made earlier in Q1. 3M, the maker of Scotch tape, Post-It Notes and other products, has operations [...]
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