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Playtex Playtex is a brand of women's products with the slogan Making Your Life Better Everyday. Playtex manufactures baby items, feminine hygiene, and lingerie.

The brand originally specialized in underwear and in particular bras and girdles.
, Westport, CT, plans to cut 11% of its Dover, DE, plant workforce later this year. The Dover plant, which manufactures household gloves and feminine hygiene Feminine hygiene is a general term used to describe products used by women during menstruation, vaginal discharge, and other bodily functions related to the vulva. Sanitary Towels (also known as maxi-pads or napkins), pantiliners, tampons, and feminine wipes are the major  and baby feeding products, will be losing at least 90 positions. The cutbacks, which will shut down Dover's Living and Handsaver rubber glove A rubber glove is a glove made out of rubber. Its primary use is in works related with chemicals where you want to protect the hands. Rubber gloves are worn during dishwashing to protect the hands from detergent and allow the use of hotter water.  manufacturing operation, will also affect the plant's entire labor force. The cutbacks are the result of the company's decision to send its glove glove, hand covering with a separate sheath for each finger. The earliest gloves, relics of the cave dwellers, closely resembled bags. Reaching to the elbow, they were most probably worn solely for protection and warmth.  manufacturing facilities to Malaysia.
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Date:Mar 1, 2005
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