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Medical device maker Hill-Rom to eliminate 300 positions.

Publication: Knight-Ridder Tribune Business News
Publication Date: 15-JAN-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Byline: Daniel Lee

Jan. 15--Medical equipment maker Hill-Rom, hit by a slowdown in spending by U.S. hospitals, is cutting 300 jobs, with more than half of those reductions coming in the company's hometown of Batesville.

The news makes Hill-Rom -- which last year split from its longtime sister company, Batesville Casket -- the latest venerable Indiana employer to slash jobs. This week,...

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