More Jobs Losses at Glassmaker Pilkington

More jobs will go at glassmaker Pilkington as the global economic crisis takes its toll on sales.

Parent company Nippon Sheet Glass (NSG) saw quarterly sales fall 3% to £1.08bn and said market conditions were “significantly worse than previously  anticipated”.

NSG said 90 managers and staff had left in March and April this year – and  another 90 would leave by next March from sites in St Helens and Lathom,  Ormskirk. Overall, the group wants to shed 3,500 jobs worldwide by March,  2014.