Lower Hutt: More redundancies hit Hutt Valley
Announced late today two Lower Hutt firms, laundry powder manufacturer Unilever will make 33 people redundant, while furniture maker Formway will shed 50 staff.
Formway chief executive Alan Buckner says the company, which opened in the 1950s, and recently won design award has decided to outsource its manufacturing and focus on design, sales and marketing.
Formway hopes 15 to 20 people will be offered jobs with the company it is outsourcing to but does see overall job losses.
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