Bayer consolidation
Executive Summary
Bayer plans to cut pharmaceutical business operating costs by about $370 mil. in 18 months by eliminating 1,300 staff positions and closing West Haven, Conn. production facility, company says May 22. West Haven manufacturing will be transferred to plants in Europe and Shawnee, Kan. The latest layoffs bring the total number of job cuts announced since Bayer's Baycol withdrawal in August to 2,600 (1"The Pink Sheet" Oct. 8, 2001, In Brief)...