Thursday, June 11, 2009

Jobs blow for Carlow

160 jobs have been axed at a manufacturing plant in Carlow.

A further 100 positions at Braun will be saved and transferred to the company’s Newbridge site by mid-2010.

Management said the job losses were a result of the decision to phase out the Braun gas-powered cordless haircare business by June 2009, due to a decrease in consumer demand over the past few years.