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IDEX Health & Science this week announced plans to push back the final closing date for its Bristol manufacturing facility, extending the employment of a small group of workers through the end of the year.
The life sciences manufacturer told the state Department of Labor in a letter filed Wednesday under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act that the final shutdown of its facility at 110 Halcyon Drive, along with layoffs affecting 15 or fewer employees, has been postponed until Dec. 31.
Jenniffer Meiring, the company’s vice president of human resources, states in the letter that the delay is intended to ensure IDEX is “able to meet our customers’ needs prior to closing the facility and to ensure the effective shutdown of the facility.”
The affected employees have been notified that their separation dates have been extended and that the layoffs remain permanent, she added.
The company originally notified the state in May that it planned to close the Bristol operation and eliminate 73 jobs. The layoffs were scheduled in two rounds, with the first beginning in mid-July and the second starting Oct. 30 and concluding by Nov. 13. The positions slated for elimination included 25 machinists, 13 assemblers and six team leads, as well as engineers and technicians.
The new filing does not indicate that the overall number of planned layoffs has changed, but it states the company now expects the Bristol site to remain open through Dec. 31, about two months later than originally planned.
IDEX previously said it decided to close the Bristol plant because the market for products manufactured there had changed significantly in recent years. The company said it planned to shift the work to another IDEX Health & Science location.
Northbrook, Illinois-based IDEX Health & Science is a high-tech manufacturing and engineering company that makes specialized components and systems used in medical, biotechnology and laboratory equipment. The Bristol facility has focused heavily on precision plastic manifolds and fluidic assemblies used in diagnostic and life-science instruments.
