Syngenta to cut 150 jobs in Switzerland

Swiss agricultural chemicals company Syngenta plans to cut around 150 jobs at its Basel headquarters by the end of the year. More than 10% of the site's employees are affected. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The job cuts, announced to staff last week, are "due to a hardened and persistently difficult economic environment", a Syngenta spokesman told the Keystone-ATS news agency on Wednesday, confirming information revealed earlier by the Tamedia newspaper group. + Syngenta calls off $9bn Shanghai listing The relevant authorities have been informed, it said. "We are working closely with the staff associations to ensure that all the rules of consultation are respected and that those affected receive the appropriate support," the spokesman stressed. He added that the company's global headquarters would remain in Basel. The spokesman declined to say whether any further job cuts would be made next year. + Inside Syngenta: Behind the complicated image "At the ...