NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Thermo Fisher Scientific will be transferring laboratory equipment manufacturing operations from a facility in New Hampshire to North Carolina, the company said.
As a result, 109 positions at the Newington, NH, facility will be eliminated, though 110 jobs will be added to the Asheville, NC, plant, a Thermo Fisher spokesman confirmed. The jobs are being added to help build a new line of temperature controls for scientific equipment.
Separately, 13 laboratory equipment assembly jobs at Thermo Fisher's Portsmouth, NH, site are being transferred to the company's plant in Marietta, Ohio.
The Newington facility is expected to close down by the end of the first quarter 2012, the company said.
"Our leadership team continuously evaluates our geographic footprint in an effort to increase efficiencies and improve our competitive position globally," Thermo Fisher said in a statement. "As part of this evaluation, the dynamics of current market conditions, including costs for energy, labor and raw materials, are assessed.
"We will do everything possible to support the 109 employees at [the Newington] site who are affected and follow all mandated processes," the company added. "Business decisions that result in the loss of jobs are always difficult. However, these actions are designed to strengthen our operations, help us better serve our customers worldwide and provide continued growth opportunities for our 37,000 employees in the long term."