135 packaging jobs to go
Packaging company Huhtamaki has announced the closure of one of its Auckland factories with the loss of 135 jobs.
Packaging company Huhtamaki has announced the closure of one of its Auckland factories with the loss of 135 jobs.
The firm said the plant was loss making. The closure of the New Lynn unit is expected to be finalised by the end of July 2012 and will see Huhtamaki take a EUR 8 million one-time charge in the third quarter 2011.
Manufacturing will be transferred to Huhtamaki's other flexible packaging units in India, Thailand and Vietnam.
Huhtamaki has three manufacturing units in the Auckland area and says the closure of the New Lynn unit does not affect the foodservice operations in Henderson or the molded fibre operations in Otahuhu.
NBR staff
Thu, 01 Sep 2011
Thu, 01 Sep 2011
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135 packaging jobs to go
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