British American Tobacco closes Swiss plant, lays off 226 -paper By Reuters


© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A woman poses with a cigarette in front of BAT (British American Tobacco) logo in this illustration taken July 26, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

ZURICH (Reuters) – British American Tobacco (NYSE:) is to close a cigarette manufacturing plant in Switzerland next year, laying off the 226 employees working there, the Tages-Anzeiger paper and other Swiss media reported on Thursday.

The Unia labour union confirmed the plant closure. The BAT (LON:) plant was not immediately available to comment.

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