October 16, 2007
Saint-Gobain to send 90 R.I. jobs to Mexico
By Matthew L. Brown
The Providence Journal is reporting that Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics will lay off 90 workers from its Bristol, R.I., plant and move their jobs to Mexico.
The French Compagnie Saint-Gobain's Saint-Gobain Abrasives division employs 1,500 people in Central Massachusetts.
According to the Journal, the company expects to make the cuts to its Bristol workforce over the next year and a half, and to move those jobs to Mexico in 2009. The Bristol plant employs 160.
The company's U.S. headquarters are in Ohio.
The French Compagnie Saint-Gobain's Saint-Gobain Abrasives division employs 1,500 people in Central Massachusetts.
According to the Journal, the company expects to make the cuts to its Bristol workforce over the next year and a half, and to move those jobs to Mexico in 2009. The Bristol plant employs 160.
The company's U.S. headquarters are in Ohio.
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