Date: 11 May 2009 Glassmaker Pilkington has announced it is to cut 76 jobs at one of its St Helens sites as part of a £170m global restructuring programme. The firm, owned by Japanese firm Nippon Sheet Glass (NSG), is to close a float line at its Greengate plant near the town centre. A second line has not yet reopened after a £22m refurbishment last year and the company does not expect it to start up until April, 2010 at the earliest. Last month it announced global workforce cuts of 5, 800 people – about 15% of its total staff – by March, 2010. Half of those cuts have already taken place, predominantly in China and the Philippines. The changes are designed to ensure the company's viability, with the target of re-establishing profit growth from 2011. Today's announcement is an extension of its restructuring programme in a move costing a further £20m. The economic downturn has already seen the firm have to take out capacity equivalent to two of its 16 float lines in Europe. Cllr Brian Spencer, leader of St Helens Council, has tonight voiced his "deep concern" following the announcement by Pilkington that it is to close its UK6 float glass plant.
NSG has also taken a number of steps at other automotive plants, including announcing closures of divisions in Austria, Finland and Germany. This week it has also said it is to mothball its Venice plant. 600 450 2009-05-12T13:00:00 76 jobs to go as Pilkington shuts St Helens plant
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