Catalent completes layoffs in St. Petersburg
ST. PETERSBURG -- Catalent Pharma Solutions, the maker of gel-caps for such popular drugs as Advil, is paring its St. Petersburg work force.
The manufacturing plant off Roosevelt Boulevard was owned until April by Cardinal Health, when the division was acquired for $3.3-billion by the Blackstone Group. A Catalent spokesman said an unspecified number of layoffs were taking place in St. Petersburg because of an unanticipated change in demand for certain products.
The cuts will mostly affect production workers and will be completed today.
Catalent's St. Petersburg plant had about 600 employees before the layoffs; globally, Catalent has 10,000 employees at 30 facilities.
- Kris Hundley, Times staff writer
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they need to change the managers. they ran a great company in the ground.the plant will close if they dont!they hire people with know education abount the job.plus the ones that make the capsules have no input.cut the manager before we all lose are JOBS
Posted by: | Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 08:14 AM
sounds as if they dont care or they will be closing for good .blackstone dont buy companies just to run them in the ground. they will get it back on its feet or the will everything some where were the managers got clue
Posted by: | Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 05:29 PM
sounds as if they dont care or they will be closing for good .blackstone dont buy companies just to run them in the ground. they will get it back on its feet or the will move everything some where were the managers got a clue
Posted by: | Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 05:35 PM