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 … Continue reading
It’s too soon to tell how many layoffs will be coming to the Orion bus manufacturing facility, a Daimler spokeswoman said today. The company announced this morning it would cease bus manufacturing operations in North America. A similar facility in Mississauga, Canada, will be closed, while certain operations will be continued out of the company’s … Continue reading
Less than eight months after Research In Motion Ltd. cut 2,000 jobs, the BlackBerry maker is recruiting to fill nearly 600 positions. Hundreds of hopefuls attended an employment fair Thursday at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre to apply for jobs the company says range from software development to hardware testing to technical support. It said … Continue reading