ICU Medical LayoffsICU Medical Layoffs Facility Closure and Layoffs ICU Medical (Nasdaq: ICUI) has filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) letter with the State of Minnesota, indicating the layoff of 83 employees due to the closure of its service and distribution facility in Oakdale, Minnesota. This facility closure follows the closure of another Oakdale facility last August, which affected 81 employees. Consolidation and Manufacturing Facility Closure The facility closure is part of a larger consolidation effort following ICU Medical’s acquisition of Smiths Medical in 2022. In April 2024, ICU Medical will also close a manufacturing facility that was part of the Smiths Medical unit, resulting in approximately 220 employee layoffs. Affected Positions The layoffs at the Oakdale facility include a wide range of positions, including: * Area Management – Materials * Senior Specialist – Quality Systems * Administrator – Quality * Clerk – Warehouse * Coordinator – Training * Lead Inventory Management * Manager – Global Complaint Management * Specialist II – Global Complaint Management * Specialist II – Post-market surveillance * Supervisor – Instrumentation & Calibration * Supervisor – Technical Services * Technician II Service * Technician Service Timing and Impacted Employees Terminations are expected to begin on September 16, 2024, and continue through December 31, 2024. None of the affected employees have union representation or bumping rights.
ICU Medical
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filed with the State of Minnesota to confirm the layoff of 83 employees following the closure of a facility.
The Minnesota State Rapid Response Team received a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) letter today, July 16, from the manufacturer of infusion therapy, oncology and critical care technologies. The letter outlined plans to lay off all employees at its service and distribution facility in Oakdale, Minnesota.
This is the second closing of an Oakdale facility in the past 12 months for ICU Medical. Last August, the company confirmed the closure of its facility at 3400 Granada Ave. N., in Oakdale. That affected 81 employees. This latest closing is at 3350 Granada Ave., N., Suite 100, in Oakdale. Overall, the company.
ICU Medical also decided to close a manufacturing facility in April 2024 that was part of its Smiths Medical unit, as part of a consolidation effort following its acquisition of Smiths in 2022. The closure resulted in a workforce reduction of approximately 220 employees.Below is a list of all the major layoffs that have occurred in medical technology in recent years.)
The company’s WARN letter stated that it expects the closure to be permanent. The company made the decision after a thorough review of its operations and its larger U.S. service footprint. The company expects to begin terminating employees on September 16, 2024, and to continue through December 31, 2024. None of the affected employees have union representation, and none of the affected employees have any bumping rights.
Employees affected by the closure of the ICU medical facility
The positions involved include (but are not limited to):
- Area Management – Materials
- Senior Specialist – Quality Systems
- Administrator – Quality
- Analyst – Data & Reporting
- Area Management – Materials
- Clerk – Warehouse
- Coordinator – Training
- Engineer II- Production
- Inspector II
- Lead Inventory Management
- Manager – Global Complaint Management
- Senior Clerk – Plant Warehouse
- Senior Engineer – R&D
- Senior Technical Engineer – R&D
- Senior Specialist – Quality Systems
- Senior Technician-Service
- Specialist II – Global Complaint Management
- Specialist II – Post-market surveillance
- Specialist – Inventory Management
- Specialist – Warehouse I
- Supervisor – Instrumentation & Calibration
- Supervisor – Technical Services
- Technical support specialist
- I-Service Technician
- Technician II Service
- Technician Service
