In Brief: Birtcher Medical
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Birtcher Medical: Majority of the firm's 120 employees will be laid off and the company's Irvine, California facility closed by the end of March if Conmed's proposed acquisition of Birtcher ("The Gray Sheet" Dec. 12, p. 9) is approved, the firm announces. Birtcher shareholders are scheduled to vote on the acquisition in March. The Irvine facilities include corporate headquarters and equipment manufacturing, which will be consolidated with Conmed's operations. Birtcher's contract manufacturing of disposables in Juarez, Mexico will be maintained, as will the El Paso, Texas office of seven employees that manage quality control, shipping and sterilization related to the Juarez operations...