Indian bottle maker based Piramal Glass plans to temporarily lay off 40 per cent of the workforce at its Park Hills, Missouri, factory in the US “to offset tough economic conditions”. About 160 hourly workers and about 30 salaried workers will be affected.
Human resources director Scott Winder says: "Right now, our sales demand only requires us to run one furnace. We have high levels of inventory in our warehouses. Christmas orders are down as well."
The lay-offs are expected to last until mid-January. The factory makes bottles for laboratories, medicine, cosmetics and alcohol.
