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Energizer: No Production Changes For Playtex Plant

Battery company completes nearly $2 billion purchase of Playtex; plant in Dover has operated for 70 years and makes tampons and infant-feeding products.

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Battery company Energizer Holdings has completed its nearly 2 billion dollar purchase of Playtex, but no production changes are planned at the Playtex Products plant in Dover.
 
Energizer spokeswoman Jacqueline Burwitz says Energizer might relocate or eliminate a few office jobs, but she says no decisions have been reached.
 
The plant on Saulsbury Road has operated for 70 years and makes tampons and infant-feeding products. More than 700 people work there.
 
The purchase was announced in July and approved by Playtex shareholders last week.
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