Canon U.S.A. cuts a dozen jobs on LI
Photo credit: Newsday / Audrey C. Tiernan | Canon USA Inc., currently based in Lake Success, plans to move into a Melville facility currently under construction by the end of 2012, and has said that its workforce will grow to more than 2,000 employees in the new building. (May 25, 2011)
Canon U.S.A. Inc., the Lake Success-based U.S. headquarters of the Japanese company, laid off about a dozen employees on Long Island this week, the company said in a statement Wednesday.
The digital-imaging company issued the statement in response to questions from Newsday about the job losses.
Canon said the cuts totaled about 70 nationwide and attributed the cutbacks to the economy.
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