Medical manufacturer continues layoffs in Lakeland as facility prepares to shut down

Stryker is laying off 88 more people in Lakeland; nearly 500 will lose their jobs in all.

By Louis Llovio
| 12:10 p.m. April 1, 2022
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Tampa Bay-Lakeland

LAKELAND — Medical equipment manufacturer Stryker is laying off 88 people in the coming weeks, as part of its plan to cut about 495 employees as it closes its Lakeland facility in 2023.

The layoffs, the second round of planned job cuts, will happen May 31 according to a letter to the state and city from Stryker’s human resources manager Kathy Taylor.