Wal-Mart to move optical lab jobs to Fayetteville
by March 27, 2009 4:51 pm 157 views
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. officials said Friday they will close an optical lab in Ohio and move some of the jobs to Fayetteville and Crawfordsville, Ind.
The optical lab in Lockbourne, Ohio, employs about 650. A Wal-Mart statement said the employs would receive pay and benefits for the next 60 days, with eligible employees receiving severance pay.
The world’s largest retailer operates optical labs in Crawfordsville, Dallas and Fayetteville. It also outsources work to companies who have labs in Mexico and other U.S. locations.
Equipment from Ohio will be sent to the labs in Crawfordsville and Fayetteville, with expansion at the two sites expected to add 100 jobs. Wal-Mart did not disclose how many new jobs created at each site.
“This decision along with expansions and improvements to our other eyewear manufacturing facilities will allow Walmart to reduce costs and operate our optical business more efficiently,” Volker Heimeshoff, divisional manager of health and wellness for Walmart U.S., noted in the statement.