ORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. - Dell announced on Friday it will extend the closure date of its Forsyth County plant to January 2011, according The Business Journal.
The extension is the fourth reprieve for the plant and its 400 remaining employees. Dell first announced last October the facility would be closed in early 2010 and more than 900 jobs would be eliminated.
In March, the company announced it would close in October of this year. The city received Dell's repayment of $26.5 million for upfront costs and yearly incentive payments received for its manufacturing facility in November of last year.
The plant opened in 2005.
Winston-Salem city officials said they have a plan to find a tenant for the building once Dell vacates. Mayor Allen Joines said several companies have expressed interest in the plant, including some distribution companies, another computer manufacturing company and a data center. Joines declined to identify the companies by name.
Dell says increased demand for desktop computers is the reason the closing date for the plant has changed.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
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