With a new vision to keep the company competitive, the Bausch + Lomb Rochester plant is expanding and creating new jobs.

As one of Rochester’s oldest companies, Joe Hart, Bausch’s site operations executive director, admitted the company, along with the city, has had its ups and downs with ownership changes and job cuts.

“Rochester has always struggled to get investment in it, especially since Bausch Health that was (formerly) Valeant that took over,” Hart said.