Closure of Swiss cigarette factory leads to layoffs.

Dec.19.2022

British American Tobacco to close cigarette factory in Switzerland, impacting 226 employees.

According to Reuters, British American Tobacco will be closing a cigarette manufacturing factory in Switzerland by 2023.

The closure will result in 226 workers being laid off. According to SwissInfo, the employees will receive "favorable social benefits.

BAT Switzerland has confirmed that it has made a final decision to transfer cigarette production from Boncourt to a larger factory in Europe and to close the Boncourt factory. This was stated in a press release by BAT.

Boncourt Mayor Lionel Maitre has expressed shock, disappointment, despair, and confusion over the closure of the factory, which will result in the town losing its biggest taxpayer.

Let's be clear - this is a heavy blow, but we will overcome it, and the situation is not entirely hopeless," said David Ere, the President of the Ruhr State government. "This decision forces us to face the painful consequences that we have been worried about.

In 2014, BAT shut down its research and development facility in Boncourt and laid off approximately 15 employees.

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