The original announcement by KTH that it intended closing the Llanidloes plant - the main employer locally - was a devastating blow.

BBC: Redundancies begin at factory

The site says that the main silicon wafer plant operated by Shin-Etsu Handotai , in Skirikawa, has shut down due to a lack of electricity.

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Previous studies of wild-plant ecology have shown that the main threat to a plant's existence comes not from insect predators but from competition with other plants.

ECONOMIST: GM crop plants are less weed-like than weedy

It is part of a quiet move by the company to be less dependent on synthetically created chemicals, which include the main components in Scotts' distinctive blue Miracle-Gro plant food.

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Samsung's main camera plant in China is being converted to produce high-end mirrorless cameras instead of cheaper compacts.

ENGADGET: Samsung shuns point-and-shoot cameras, switches factory to pricier mirrorless types