Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation has eliminated approximately 80 hunting-related rifle production jobs at its Rochester, New Hampshire facility.
Michael F. Golden, president and CEO, said, “We have made the difficult decision to eliminate 80 production jobs in our New Hampshire manufacturing operations, a facility dedicated to the production of hunting rifles.
“At the same time, we have also acted to ensure that the sales and marketing functions throughout our company become increasingly streamlined, maximizing our responsiveness to the market conditions in which we operate.”
As part of the revised management structure, Leland A. Nichols has been appointed to the newly created role of senior vice president of sales and marketing. He will continue to report directly to Golden.
Also now reporting to Golden will be Kenneth Chandler, vice president of manufacturing operations.
Thomas R. Kelly has been named vice president of marketing. Kelly will report to Nichols.
In conjunction with these changes, Thomas Taylor, former vice president of marketing, has left the company to pursue other interests.
