Germany -- the Switzerland-based George Fischer announced that it will cut a total of 1000 jobs.
Germany -- The Switzerland based George Fischer Fi·scher , Hans 1881-1945.
German chemist known for his research on the components of blood. He won a 1930 Nobel Prize for his work on the synthesis of hemin. announced that it will cut a total of 1000 jobs, including the closing of the firm's foundy in Bitterfeld, Germany. This cut of nearly eight percent of the firm's workforce was aimed at increasing profitability and cutting financial debt. George Fischer will also close plants in North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N).
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Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. . Michigan Michigan (mĭsh`ĭgən), upper midwestern state of the United States. It consists of two peninsulas thrusting into the Great Lakes and has borders with Ohio and Indiana (S), Wisconsin (W), and the Canadian province of Ontario (N,E). and Switzerland.
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