P&G's Needham facility to close in 2012
Procter & Gamble's Needham facility will close in 2012 under a consolidation plan by the consumer products giant.
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.
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