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

ZURICH (Reuters) – British American Tobacco 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 plant was not immediately available to comment.

(Reporting by Noele Illien; Editing by Michael Shields)