Ciba Specialty Chemicals boosts competitiveness of dye production in Basel
"This investment represents a long-term boost to the international competitiveness of the Basel production site," explained Armin Meyer, Chairman and CEO of Ciba Specialty Chemicals. "The modernized and automated production facilities will increase our scope for new and innovative products and create attractive production capacity close to research and development, which can be utilized by all our segments. Moreover, this move secures a large number of attractive jobs in a modern production environment over the long term."
As a result of the optimized production processes, 150 - 200 jobs in textile dye production at Basel will be reduced over the coming years. This reduction will be implemented through the normal retirement process, transfers and other forms of natural attrition. The project does not foresee any dismissals. Ciba Specialty Chemicals employs around 2,750 people in Basel-Stadt and over 4,000 in the whole of Switzerland.
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