CooperVision plans to close one of its plants for making soft contact lenses and eliminate 570 jobs. The plant to be closed is in Virginia and the company plans to spread its production operations to Australia, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom over the next 15 months, beginning with Australia. The job cuts come the wake of another 685 cut in the past year when parent company Cooper Cos. (Click here for more)
"Cooper Cos To Close Norfolk Lens Plant, Cut 570 Jobs" - Reuters (8/13/09)
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