P&G is transferring Needham jobs to other locations

Consumer products giant Procter & Gamble Co. said it is centralizing some of its research-and-development facilities, and one result is that a Needham facility will be closed in 2012.

The Needham facility's 105 employees will be transferred to other P&G facilities in locations such as South Boston; Bethel, Conn.; Ohio; and Germany, P&G said.

Ohio-based Procter & Gamble acquired Gillette Co. in 2005, and it recently unveiled a $50 million renovation and expansion of Gillette's World Shaving Headquarters in South Boston. The "vast majority" of Needham employees will be transferred to South Boston, a P&G spokesman said.

No layoffs are contemplated among the Needham workers, he added of an initiative that is designed to move R&D operations closer to the businesses they support.

Of the Needham jobs, 12 will transferred to a P&G’ center in Kronberg, Germany, the press release said. "The transitions will start next year and be completed by June 2012."

Other P&G facilities are also affected by the centralization strategy.

To read a Globe story, about renovations at South Boston, please click here. (Globe Staff)