The Associated Press
12/12/02 1:08 AM
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) -- Xerox Corp. will lay off another 165 workers from the Rochester area, officials said Wednesday.
The job cuts will come from Xerox Engineering Systems, which employs about 230 people in the region, most at a site in East Rochester. The unit is a wholly owned subsidiary that designs and manufactures wide-format printers, such as those used for engineering plans and blueprints.
Xerox had intended to sell the unit to raise funds and streamline operations. Instead, "we are folding that unit back into the corporation so that we can get more efficiency out of the business," Xerox spokeswoman Christa Carone told the Democrat & Chronicle of Rochester.
Its operations will be absorbed into the main company, she said.
Xerox declined to disclose current employment figures. Before this round of cuts, Xerox employed just under 10,000 people in Monroe County, making it the region's third-largest employer.
The cuts come after the Stamford, Conn.-based office-equipment company announced layoffs in October. With the latest cuts, layoffs could reach 2,565 in North America, including 1,045 in the Rochester region.