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Mallinckrodt Inc. Eliminates 100 Jobs, 35 in St. Louis

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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Mallinckrodt laid off nearly 100 employees last week as it prepares to spin off from Dublin, Ireland-based parent company Covidien by June 28. Lynn Phillips, manager of media relations, said despite the cuts...

Analogic Corporation to Streamline Its Global Biz, 140 Jobs Cut

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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Analogic Corporation Announces Plan to Streamline Its Global Business

Analogic Corporation (Nasdaq:ALOG), enabling the world's medical imaging and aviation security technology...

Bayer HealthCare AG Lays Off 50 at

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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A realignment of Bayer HealthCares Radiology and Interventional business is resulting in the layoff of roughly 50 people, the company said. The Radiology and Interventional business is a former Medrad business...

Zimmer Inc. Announces Staff Reductions

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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Zimmer Holdings said less than 50 full-time employees will be out of work today as the company initiates programs to sustain growth. Zimmer employees told StaceyPageOnline.com early this morning that a number...

Cardinal Health, Inc. Laying Off 70 in Ohio, 170 Total

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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Cardinal Health will lay off about 170 employees, including 70 from its Dublin headquarters. The jobs are primarily in the companys pharmaceutical segment and in corporate support, said Cardinal spokeswoman...

Haemonetics Corporation to Close Braintree Plant, Move Work to Mexico, 320 Job Cuts

Fri, 03 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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Blood management systems provider Haemonetics (Nasdaq:HAE) said it will close its Braintree plant and move manufacturing of disposable products to its facility in Mexico. The Braintree, Mass.-based company...

Medtronic Spinal to Lay Off 60 in Memphis

Thu, 02 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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Memphis-based Medtronic Spinal will cut 60 local positions in a previously announced company-wide cost cutting plan. Medtronic Spinal has a local workforce of about 1,300. The Memphis lay offs are part...

Liquidia Technologies Inc. CEO to Run Spin-Off Company, Consider Adding Jobs

Thu, 02 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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Liquidia CEO Neal Fowler says an announced spin-off company is a signal to the ophthalmic community that its getting serious about eye disease research. But could it also signal jobs in the Triangle...

Siemens Healthcare Opens Medical Device Factory in Montco Creating New Jobs

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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Siemens Healthcare opened a 12,000-square-foot ultrasound systems factory in Plymouth Meeting, Pa. on Monday. The plant on Campus Drive will manufacture Siemens' Acuson Freestyle ultrasound system, which...

Boston Scientific Corporation Posts Loss on Restructuring, Lawsuits

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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Medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp (BSX.N) posted a first-quarter loss on Thursday as it took $578 million in charges for litigation and restructuring, including reducing its workforce. Excluding...

MRPC to Expand in Butler, Add 20 Jobs

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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Molded Rubber & Plastic Corp. will break ground in May on a 15,000-square-foot expansion of its Butler headquarters and expects to add about 20 jobs there in the next couple years as the business grows, the...

454 Life Sciences in Branford Laying Off 60 Workers

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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A reorganization of a division of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche has hit home in Branford with the layoffs of 60 people at the companys 454 Life Sciences subsidiary. The layoffs were implemented Tuesday...

Roche Holding AG to Shed 170 Jobs in Diagnostics Restructuring

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG is cutting 170 jobs in Germany and the United States in a reorganisation of its life sciences business to beat price pressure and research funding cuts. The firm said on Tuesday...

BioMedix, Inc. Slashes Workforce, Enters Receivership

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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Med-tech firm BioMedix has cut its staff by 90 percent over the past year and sold off a software division in an effort to stay afloat. The Pioneer Press reports on the struggles of BioMedix, which also...

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp) 1st-Quarter Net Down 8.9 Pct on Higher Costs

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

BURLINGTON, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp) (NYSE: LH) today announced results for the quarter ended March 31, 2013.

First Quarter Results

Net earnings were $147.2 million and earnings per diluted share (EPS) were $1.56 in the first quarter of 2013. Non-GAAP earnings per diluted share, excluding amortization, restructuring and other...

Medtronic Spine to Restructure Workforce, Cut Costs by 5 Pct

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Medtronic Inc. is planning layoffs for its spinal business, though details on how many jobs will be cut won't be released until May. Industry journal MassDevice reports on the planned cuts, noting that Fridley-based Medtronic hopes to trim overall costs by 5 percent through a variety of means. Any cuts to the spinal device business in particular would likely have a limited effect on Medtronics Twin...

$15.4 Million Subsidies Proposed to Lure Baxter Healthcare Corporation to Minneapolis Suburb, Potential 200 New Jobs

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

State leaders stand ready to commit up to $15.4 million in taxpayer subsidies to a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company they hope will put an outpost in Minnesota, according to a document made public Wednesday. After declining to provide details the day before, Gov. Mark Daytons office released a February letter from the governor and top legislators to a site hunter for Baxter Healthcare Corp. The Deerfield...

Phillips-Medisize Expansion Brings 1oo+ Jobs to Wisconsin

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

A developers agreement with a local manufacturer is promised to bring more than 100 new jobs to Menomonie. Originally known as Phillips Plastics, Phillips-Medisize have planned a 16,000-square-foot addition to Phillips Origen Center in the Stout Technology Park on Menomonies east side to manufacture and package pharmaceutical products. Construction will be complete by December 31. In exchange for...

Medtronic, Inc. Cutting Approximately 50 Indiana Jobs

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

A representative for Medtronic today has confirmed that the orthopedics company will be reducing its Warsaw workforce leaving approximately 50 full-time workers without jobs. Eric Epperson, senior director of communications for the company, told StaceyPageOnline.com today that Medtronic made its employees aware of restructuring plans on April 4 saying changes would occur as the company begins its new...

Novartis AG Moving 120 Alcon Laboratories, Inc. Jobs to Massachusetts

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis said Tuesday that it is consolidating its U.S.-based eye disease research projects in Cambridge, Mass., and closing the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research group on its Alcon Labs campus in Fort Worth. About...

Delcath Systems, Inc. Moving Headquarters to Queensbury, But Plans Job Cuts

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Delcath Inc. is moving its headquarters to Queensbury, NY. The pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturer has been based in New York City, with the bulk of its operations in two locations in Warren County. Eamonn Hobbs, CEO of Delcath (Nasdaq: DCTH), said the change of address is part an efficiency plan designed to trim expenses as it awaits FDA approval to sell it liver chemotherapy system in...

Covidien plc Shutting Down Argyle Plant, Cutting 183 Jobs

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

The town of Argyle, NY, where the first disposable catheter was invented, is losing perhaps its largest manufacturing plant producing that and other medical devices. Covidien on Monday made official what the company had been saying publicly since mid-2011: The factory in Argyle (population 3,800) will shut down. Covidien (NYSE: COV) put off the closure for awhile. But jobs began disappearing Jan. ...

Becton, Dickinson and Company to Add 25 Jobs in New Jersey

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Becton, Dickinson and Co. plans to increase its Wilson headcount to keep up with anticipated demand for its newly approved injectables. Thats according to our exclusive interview with Mark Sebree, the Franklin Lakes, N.J.-based president of the companys new wholly owned subisidiary, BD Rx. He says the approval announcement isnt just big news for BD - its big news for Wilson, where the facility...

Nypro to Create 200 Jobs in Waterford

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Two hundred new jobs are to be created by a specialist plastics company in Waterford. Nypro, an IDA client company, is to establish a medical device manufacturing facility which will produce advanced respiratory and injectable devices for global healthcare and pharmaceutical customers. The Taoiseach Enda Kenny, together with the Minister for Jobs Richard Bruton, made the announcement this morning...

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Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

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Nexxt Spine LLC Moving to Noblesville, Adding Jobs

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Fishers-based Nexxt Spine LLC, a designer and manufacturer of spinal implants, is consolidating operations and moving its headquarters and manufacturing facility to Noblesville. The city of Noblesville announced Monday that its Common Council approved a three-year tax abatement for Nexxt Spine, which is expected to add 44 jobs by 2018. The Indiana Economic Development Corp. also is expected to provide...

Loss of 400 Jobs as Baxter International, Inc. Invests $35 Million in Puerto Rico

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Baxter is to cut 400 jobs at a facility in Puerto Rico as part of plans to realign its manufacturing business in North America. Affected workers are based at Baxter's plant in Aibonito, which manufactures injectable drugs and has a workforce of just under 1,000 employees. Local reports say that 100 positions will be gone by June 2013, with the remaining cuts to be implemented gradually. The layoffs...

NeurogesX, Inc. Cans 8 of 11 Employees, Looks for Buyer

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

NeurogesX Inc. cut eight of its 11 employees and is seeking a buyer for its pain patch Qutenza. Only three executives remain at the San Mateo company (OTCBB: NGSX) President and CEO Ron Martell, COO Stephen Ghiglieri and Chief Medical Officer Stephen Peroutka that only a few years ago had more than 100. NeurogesX stock traded for 18 cents per share at the end of Thursday. It had traded as high...

Inrad Optics, Inc. Announces Reduction in Work-force

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

March 08, 2013 -- Optical component and crystalline device manufacturer Inrad Optics, Inc. (OTCBB: INRD) announced a combined work-force reduction of eight employees at its Northvale, NJ and Sarasota, FL production facilities effective March 1, 2013. This represents a reduction of approximately 9%. The Company has undertaken these steps to reduce costs and improve efficiencies within the organization...

Digirad Corporation Plans Executive Shuffle, Layoffs and Restructuring for Diagnostic Imaging

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Diagnostic imaging company Digirad Corp. names a new president & CEO, restructures its primary business and warns of an undefined number of layoffs. Diagnostics imaging devices maker Digirad Corp.(NSDQ:DRAD) announced some big changes for its primary business, as well as an executive shift and a number of layoffs. The company hopes to "reduce costs and to focus on maximizing cash flow," and expects...

Merck Sharp & Dohme to Cut 280 Jobs in Wicklow, Plans to Cease Operations by 2015

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Two hundred and eighty jobs are being cut at a pharmaceutical company in Co Wicklow. Staff at MSD's Rathdrum site were called to a meeting to discuss the cuts this morning. It is understood the cuts are part of a worldwide reduction in costs at the company. Their plant in Rathrdum will cease operations by the end of 2015. The company have been in Wicklow since 1961. Rathdrum has been a significant...

Enterprise Ireland Biotechnology Directorate: High Potential Start Ups to Create 1,600 Jobs

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

More than 1,600 new jobs are to be created by 97 new start-up companies supported by Enterprise Ireland in 2012. The companies, which are part of the government agencys high potential start-up unit, are set to generate over 300 million in annual sales and operate in a wide range of sectors including financial services, ICT, games, pharmaceuticals and medical devices.

Q1 Scientific Creates New Jobs in Medical Devices Sector for South East

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Q1 Scientific has announced the creation of 10 new jobs for the South East at the launch of its new Irish operation, in the pharmaceutical stability storage business. Q1 Scientific is based in Waterford and was established to provide a world-class Environmentally Controlled storage facility that services the pharmaceutical, medical device and life sciences industries. It is the first company in Ireland...

Abbott Vascular Cuts Another 450 Jobs

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Abbott Vascular shed another 450 employees Thursday, Feb. 21, continuing a series of job cuts that began last year. Abbott spokesman Jonathon Hamilton said the majority of the layoffs affected manufacturing and support services at the Temecula plant located on Ynez Road. Some layoffs, however, also hit the French Valley packaging and distribution center known as Zevo. The medical device manufacturer...

Nypro Says it Needs to Hire 100 More Employees in Clinton

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Nypro announced recently that it needs to hire an additional 100 employees for its Clinton operations to meet current and expected customer demands. Positions to be filled, beginning immediately, include assemblers, inspector/packers, general factory support, quality engineers, "black belt" engineers, product engineers and technicians. John Witkowski, general manager of Nypro Healthcare Clinton, made...

Mercedes Medical Plans to Expand Facility, Create Jobs

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Mercedes Medical is expanding its Sarasota facility and plans to add 47 new jobs over the next five years. The company is leasing and renovating a former Merita Bakery building, constructing a 4,300-square-foot call center for telesales, according to a statement. Our sales have been growing 10 percent annually, and this expansion will allow us to double our sales force to 50 team members, in addition...

Teleflex Incorporated Moving HQ to Tredyffrin, Potential Workforce Growth

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Teleflex Inc. is moving its headquarters to Chester County early next year, consolidating workers from its current home office in Limerick and most of its operations in Reading. The medical device company has signed a long-term lease for 84,000 square feet in CrossPoint at Valley Forge, a two-building complex at 530 and 580 E. Swedesford Road in Tredyffrin. Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented the...

Smith & Nephew Inc. CEO Walks Back Medical Device Layoffs Claim

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Smith & Nephew CEO Olivier Bohuon says recently announced layoffs aren't the result of the medical device tax, despite previous company statements linking the 2.3% levy with the cuts. Last week a Smith & Nephew spokesman told MassDevice.com that the job cuts were aimed at offsetting the impact of the tax, a 2.3% levy on all U.S. sales that went into effect Jan. 1 as part of the healthcare reform law...

Boston Biomedical Moves to Cambridge, Expands Sixfold

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Six years after founding Boston Biomedical Inc. as a way to employ 26 researchers being laid off from ArQule Inc. (Nasdaq: ARQL), Chiang J. Li is moving the company into much bigger offices in Cambridge, Mass. and plans to have 100 employees by the end of the year. Li, formerly head of research at ArQule, told Mass High Tech that when he founded the company in 2007 with a $5 million, eight-month contract...

Boston Scientific Corporation Cut 500 Jobs in Minnesota in August, Records Show

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

There's still no word on how many Minnesota jobs Boston Scientific Corp. will cut in its latest round of layoffs, but we're getting more details on the cuts the med-tech company made last year. The Pioneer Press reports that Massachusetts-based Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX), which employs about 5,000 Minnesotans, eliminated 500 jobs locally back in August. The paper cites data from the Department of...

Delcath Systems, Inc. Trims Queensbury Workforce as it Awaits FDA Approval

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Delcath Systems Inc. has trimmed its workforce in Queensbury. The medical device manufacturer, which is based in New York City but has the bulk of its operations in Warren County, is saying little about the cuts. Delcath (Nasdaq: DCTH) officials would say only that weve made some minor workforce adjustments in Queensbury to allocate our resources to match our 2013 needs globally. At last count...

Smith & Nephew Inc. to Lay Off 100 Workers

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Smith & Nephew Orthopedics is laying off an estimated 100 employees in Memphis and Andover, Mass., citing the 2.3 percent excise tax on orthopedic device companies as the reason. Joe Metzger, senior vice president of corporate communications for Smith & Nephew, said the tax is impacting a number of companies across the U.S. Smith & Nephew is not immune from this added expense burden, Metzger said...

Cardinal Health, Inc. Restructuring to Cost 180 Jobs, Including 20 in Dublin

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Cardinal Health Inc. said Wednesday it plans to cut about 180 jobs, including 20 at its Dublin headquarters, and take a pre-tax charge of $79 million as it restructures a unit in its medical supply division. The moves are meant to anticipate customer demand for greater efficiency and lower cost, spokeswoman Debbie Mitchell said in an email to Columbus Business First. The pharmaceutical and supply distributor...

Boston Scientific Corporation to Lay off 900 to 1,000 in a Bid to Save Roughly $100 Million by Year-End

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

In announcing its fourth quarter earnings Tuesday, Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) also announced that it was reducing its workforce by 900 to 1,000 people worldwide, a move that will lower pre-tax operating expenses by $100 million to $115 million by the end of the year. The reduction will occur through a mixture of attrition and layoffs. A company news release did not mention in which divisions and...

Layoffs: Hologic, Inc. to Shutter Indiana Plant

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Hologic says it plans to shutter a plant in Indianapolis that makes breast biopsy products, laying off all 141 workers there.Hologic. Hologic (NSDQ:HOLX) said it plans to shutter a breast biopsy device-making plant in Indianapolis this summer, laying off all 141 workers at the facility. The closure will roll out in 4 phases, beginning with layoffs for 20 workers March 29, according to a letter sent...

ILC Dover to Open New Sussex Plant, Add 115 Jobs

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Company that makes packaging will move 115 jobs from Mexico to Delaware. Grayling Industries, which was recently acquired by ILC Dover, plans to move a manufacturing site from Juarez, Mexico. It makes packaging used by the food, chemical and pharmaceutical industries under the brand name Guardian. Graylings newly constructed plant will be near Seaford, Del., the state Economic Development Office said...

Johnson & Johnson's to Create 100 Jobs in $133 Million Expansion

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Vistakon Ireland will expand its operations in the mid-west of Ireland, creating 100 production jobs and 200 temporary construction jobs, Ireland's Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton, TD, and the Minister for Finance Michael Noonan, TD, have announced. The investment of more than 100m is supported by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation through IDA Ireland. The...

Zimmer Inc. to Shutter Austin Operations

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Medical device company Zimmer Spine plans to close its Austin facility at 5301 Riata Vista Circle and consolidate operations in Minneapolis and Memphis. Zimmer officials said in a statement that the consolidation is meant to "streamline its business," the Austin American-Statesman reports.

Manchester Receives $12.6 Million Investment

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

North West Evergreen fund has committed 9.5m of investment into Manchester-based biomedical centre Citylabs. The centre is a specialised space that provides laboratories and offices to the biomedical sector, and will be home to NHS spin-outs, providers to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, as well as The Manchester College and The Central Manchester University Hospitals...

Bolton Medical to Launch in U.S., Add 100 Jobs

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Sunrise, FL Today, Governor Rick Scott was joined by CEO of Bolton Medical Solutions Oscar Rospigliosi, Sunrise Mayor Michael Ryan, and Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance CEO Bob Swindell to announce the creation and retention of over 100 jobs by Bolton Medical Solutions. Prior to the announcement, the Governor toured the Bolton medical facility that is home to the production of Relay Thoracic Stent...

LCA-Vision Taps New CEO in Major Restructuring Move

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

CINCINNATI, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LCA-Vision Inc. (NASDAQ: LCAV), a leading provider of laser vision correction services under the LasikPlus brand, announces that Michael J. Celebrezze has been named Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. The company...

SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc. Sells Biostorage Business, Restructures Biz Around Diagnostics

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Less than a year after it was acquired by a Chicago-based private equity firm, SeraCare Life Sciences in Milford announced the sale of its biorepository, biobanking and laboratory services business, a new team of executives and a new corporate structure. Charlie Mamrak, a former operating partner at Linden Capital Partners who joined the company as CEO in April 2012 shortly after Linden bought the...

Medical Murray Inc. Plans Charlotte Facility

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 12:00:00 AM GMT

Medical Murray, an Illinois-based medical-device company, will open a new design and development facility in Charlotte.The company expects its 4,000-square-foot facility on International Airport Drive to be fully operational by March, says Tanner Hargens, regional vice president. The site is part of the CLT Logistics Center complex.

Layoffs: Medical Device Companies Cut 7,000 Jobs in 2012

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT

High-ranking medical device makers cut about 7,000 American jobs in 2012, representing about 1.6% of the industry's total U.S. workforce, according to a Reuters report. Some of those cuts include layoffs at Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX), St. Jude Medical (NYSE:STJ) and Stryker (NYSE:SYK), some of which were explicitly blamed on the impending medical device tax hitting the industry in just over a week...

Invacare Corporation to Cut 143 Jobs in Elyria Following FDA Agreement

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT

ELYRIA, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Invacare Corporation (NYSE: IVC) today announced that due to a decline in production, the Company has initiated an immediate workforce reduction at its Taylor Street manufacturing facility in Elyria, Ohio. The expected decline in production results principally from the Companys previously announced consent decree of injunction with the United States Food and Drug Administration...

U.S. Manufacturing Firm Group to Create 150 Jobs in Ireland

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT

Manufacturing company MGS Mfg group is to create 150 jobs as it sets up a new facility in Leixlip, Co Kildare. The company is to invest over $12m over three years in the new plant on the Hewlett Packard campus. The investment is supported by IDA Ireland. It said the new facility will further develop and build on existing business connections in Europe. The US company engineers and manufactures advanced...

Roche to Invest $257 Million Into German Site; 50 New Jobs

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT

Roche today announced plans to invest over 240 million Swiss francs (more than 200 million euros) in its Penzberg biotechnology centre, near Munich, Germany. The plans call for construction of a new production facility, to be known as Diagnostics Operations Complex II (DOCII). The facility is scheduled to be operational in December 2014 and will create 50 new jobs. This further investment in the Penzberg...

Welch Allyn Restructuring European Operations

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT

Medical device maker Welch Allyn Monday announced plans to create a new regional headquarters in the Netherlands and close its German manufacturing plant as part of an ongoing realignment of the company. The company will create an operations center near Amsterdam, Welch Allyn said in a news release. The Netherlands provides a supportive corporate tax structure, and has other advantages, the company...

Nypro Healthcare Opens Medical Device Center, to Create 100 New Jobs

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT

Multi-national medical device manufacturer Nypro is to create 100 jobs as it expands its operation in Co Wicklow. The US-headquarter company is opening a new development centre at its base in Bray. The latest announcement brings to 160 the number of jobs that Nypro has created in Ireland in the past two years, and increases the workforce at the firm to 460. Speaking this morning, Taoiseach Enda Kenny...

Purac to Open Plant in Tucker, Creating New Jobs

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT

A biomaterials manufacturer plans to invest about $20 million in a biomaterials manufacturing plant in metro Atlanta Netherlands-based Purac will make resorbable polymers for the medical and pharmaceutical industry at the 60,000-square-foot plant in Tucker. The project is expected to create up to 50 jobs. Purac makes lactic acid based bioplastics. The company is part of Netherlands-based CSM, a global...

Align Technology, Inc. Gives Low 4Q Outlook, Cuts Jobs

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT

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Atrium Medical Corporation Plans to Expand New HQ, New Jobs Coming

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT

The new headquarters for device manufacturer Atrium Medical Corp. will be even bigger, after the towns approval of an extra 11,000 square feet for the expansion of a former Fidelity Investments property at 40 Continental Blvd. The Planning Board on Tuesday approved Atriums request to add extra space to the 90,000-square-foot addition it already planned to make to the existing 115,000-square-foot...

Micro Machine Company Creating Jobs in New Facility

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:00:00 AM GMT

WARSAW, Ind. (Dec. 4, 2012) Micro Machine Company, LLC, an orthopedic medical device manufacturer, announced plans today to establish a new manufacturing facility here, creating up to 60 new jobs by 2015.

The Kalamazoo, Mich.-headquartered company will invest $2.8 million to lease, renovate and equip an 11,000 square-foot space at 4310 Corridor Drive in Warsaw. The new facility opened its...