P&G's planned layoffs will not affect company's Mehoopany, Pennsylvania, paper products factory, which produces Bounty paper towels, Charmin toilet paper, company spokesperson says

Graziela Medina Shepnick

LOS ANGELES , February 24, 2012 (Industry Intelligence) – Procter & Gamble (P&G) Inc.’s planned layoffs will not affect the company’s Mehoopany, Pennsylvania, paper products factory, a company official told The Citizens' Voice, the newspaper reported Feb. 24.

According to Paul Fox, a spokesman for the facility, the plant produces Bounty paper towels and Charmin toilet paper.

P&G said on Feb. 23 that it is planning to cut 5,700 non-manufacturing jobs globally by the end of June 2013. According to The Citizens' Voice, the company will keep hiring in growing emerging markets like China.

Its cost-cutting plans also include streamlining operations and cutting costs related to packaging and materials.

The primary source of this article is The Citizens' Voice, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on Feb. 24, 2012.

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