Dell to close North Carolina computer plant, cut 905 jobs
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Dell Inc. said Wednesday it will close a desktop computer manufacturing plant in Winston-Salem, N.C., by the end of January. The computer maker said 905 people will be laid off, with around 600 to be let go next month. The plant was opened in 2005. The plant closure is part of a plan to save $4 billion a year at Dell by 2011.
Dell was promised more than $300 million in state and local incentives to open the plant. But it was required to invest $100 million, create 1,700 jobs by September 2010 and maintain those jobs for 10 more years. If those terms weren’t met, the company would forfeit the incentive package. Dell said it would comply with the terms of the incentive agreement.
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