Zimmer (NYSE:ZMH) president & CEO David Dvorak is looking to avoid layoffs as much as possible following the pending mega-merger with long-time rival Biomet.
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Steris closes $165M IMS buy, takes $20.5M charge for restructuring in Q4
Haemonetics closes Scotland plant, launches $100M buyback after dim quarter
Massachusetts-based Haemonetics (NYSE:HAE) is making some big moves after posting a tough 4th quarter and projecting a dim outlook for the fiscal year ahead.
Teleflex plans layoffs, plant closures in response to ‘cost pressures’
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Urologix completes layoffs, announces preliminary results
Welch Allyn to shutter Oregon plant, lay off 84
Welch Allyn told authorities in Oregon that it plans to shutter a plant in Beaverton in December, laying off the 84 employees who work there.
Utica, N.Y.-based Welch Allyn said in 2012 that it would shed about 10% of its global workforce, or 275 jobs, over 3 years due to the medical device tax enacted as part of Obamacare.
Steris to lay off 150, close Ohio plant
Olympus abandons U.S. biotech biz
Layoffs continue for Analogic; shares sink following Q2 earnings report, flat outlook
Symmetry Medical to shutter UK plant
Symmetry Medical’s (NYSE:SMA) said it plans to close a plant in Cheltenham, England, this year, meaning layoffs for 40 workers there.
The Warsaw, Ind.-based medical device company said the plant makes medical instruments.