To a new continuous operations model
The company says the layoffs are due to changes to a new continuous operations model,that involves eliminating some jobs and creating others. About 200 jobs will either be changed or eliminated by November.
The company employs 950 people at the Solon factory on Harper Road that was built in 1968. Nestle representatives say the space is constrained. Plans include making food on a third shift for the first time.
"Were adding jobs to our third shift, but we're removing two production lines, which will allow us to run and clean in a continuous operation,"said Roz O' Hearn, a spokeswoman for Nestle USA.
Some employees will be able to move to other positions in other Nestle's facilities, according to the company.
When the process is complete, Nestles plans be in production 24 hours a day, five to seven days a week.
"We are doing this to optimize the investment we have made in our production facilities and to better manage the costs of making high-quality meals, sandwiches and pizzas," O'Hearn said.
Last summer the Swiss-owned company announced plans to invest $53 million in a global product technology center. It's expected to open late spring or early summer of 2015, becoming the company's 12th center of its kind around the world.
