DUTCH DU PONT UNIT TO CUT WORKFORCE BY 140
Du Pont De Nemours Nederland BV, a
unit of U.S. Chemical firm E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Co
<DD.N>, plans to dismiss 140 of its workforce, Dutch labour
federation FNV spokesman Frank Koolen said.
    A company spokesman confirmed the dismissal plans and added
the firm, which produces plugs and contact systems for the
electronics industry, needs to be restructured to cut losses.
    He declined to give financial details regarding the losses.
    The FNV spokesman also could not give exact sums, but said
from 1984 the unit had lost some tens of millions of guilders.
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