Nokia to axe 285 jobs at Salo plant.
Nokia Corporation will lay off 285 people in Finland, as the world’s largest mobile phone maker strives to cut costs and streamline operations. In November, Nokia axed 550 jobs in Japan, Denmark and Finland at research and development units that globally employ 17000 workers.
The latest layoffs, at the Salo handset unit where it has 2200 workers, are part of a drive “to further increase production speed and efficiency for a growing smart phone market.
Source: The Associated Press
Total losses = 285
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