Novartis (Ciba Vision) / To cut 300 jobs with closure in Mississauga

Novartis AG will close its Ciba Vision plant in Mississauga, Ont., next year, laying off 300 workers, another in a growing list of factory shutdowns in the province.

The plant, which has been making contact-lens solution for about three decades, will start winding down in May with the full closing slated for the end of 2014, The Globe and Mail has learned. At the same time, it will ramp up capacity at its Fort Worth, Tex., facility.

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via Novartis to close plant in Mississauga, cut 300 jobs – The Globe and Mail.