Portland Business Journal :
Eugene television station KVAL reports that employees at HP’s Corvallis plant began receiving layoff notices Monday. In a statement, the company said its imaging and printing group announced in June its plans to “realign and streamline” by reducing its business units from five to three. Some parts of the imaging and printing group “will experience reductions while investments will be made in high growth segments of the business,” the company said.
HP is reported to employ about 2,500 people in Corvallis, and 1,000 in Vancouver, Wash. The company declined to confirm these numbers. These two locations, along with a site in Boise, Idaho, are part of HP’s imaging and printing group.
Recent reports in The Oregonian and The Columbian have said HP plans to lay off as many as 300 people in Corvallis, and that some engineers and marketing employees in Vancouver could be told to find work with other HP divisions. HP is also reported to have put its 174-acre Vancouver campus up for sale, with plans to lease it back. HP declined to comment the matter.
