WILMINGTON, DE - DuPont Co. announced plans to reduce its worldwide work force by 6%, or 3,500 positions, by the end of 2004 as part of a $900 million cost-cutting program announced late last year.
The company gave no specifics on planned job cuts for individual business units, but said the impact will be primarily restricted to North America and Western Europe. DuPont said it plans to eliminate about 3,000 positions through severance programs and about 500 positions through normal attrition.