Elbikon, Switzerland (Le Temps, Fre) – Swiss elevator (lift) company Schindler is laying off 36 people and turning to a common Swiss economic downturn solution, partial employment, the Lucerne-based company announced 28 April, Tuesday.
Results for the first six months of 2009 show sales down by more than 10 percent compared to the first quarter of 2008, to CHF3 billion. Orders have fallen during the same period by more than 15 percent compared to a year earlier.
News story, GenevaLunch, 28 April 2009.
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