Wright Medical axes 130 factory jobs in France
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Orthopaedic device manufacturer Wright Medical is to close down its production and warehousing facility in Toulon, France, as part of a cost-cutting measure to eliminate excess manufacturing capacity and redundant distribution and administrative resources. Some 130 employees at Toulon will be laid off as a result of the closure of the factory, which was manufacturing mainly hip implants.