Tyco International said it expects to reduce its workforce by 7,200 employees as part of restructuring that will include the consolidation of 219 facilities.
The company employs nearly 1,000 people in the State in the electronics and healthcare sectors. It said no decision has been made on where the redundancies will come from or how its Irish operations will be affected.
Today, Tyco said first-quarter earnings are expected to be 30 to 32 cents a share, which is below the average analyst forecast.
For 2004, Tyco projects earnings of $1.42 to $1.52 a share, versus analyst forecasts of $1.52. For fiscal year 2003, earnings were 49 cents per share, compared to a loss of $4.62 the previous year.
For its quarter ending September, the company reported a fiscal fourth-quarter loss of $297.1 million, or 15 cents a share, versus a year-earlier loss of 72 cents a share.
Excluding charges related to its divestiture and restructuring program, earnings were 34 cents a share, topping analyst estimates of 33 cents.
Revenue rose 1.1 per cent in the fourth quarter to $9.47 billion, as growth in fire and security, electronics and healthcare revenue offset declines in engineered products and services and plastics and adhesives.
For the full year, revenues were $36.8 billion, slightly ahead of the previous year's $37.6 billion.