Alexon's move to pull out of manufacturing in Wales is the latest in a number of factory closures and cutbacks to have hit the Welsh economy during the past year.
On Wednesday morning, he and a number of factory managers ordered nervous workers into the building shortly before the collapse, according to the neighbor, who was present at the scene, and local press reports.
But additive manufacturing is only one of a number of breakthroughs leading to the factory of the future, and conventional production equipment is becoming smarter and more flexible, too.
The story said that toxic waste from the factory killed a large number of fish in a nearby river.
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The company was about to mark the official start of the 100-megawatt factory, and Harris told me that he had a good number of orders waiting to be filled and expected the company to be profitable in 2013.
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Jam maker Wilkin and Sons has been given permission in principle for a larger factory with almost double the number of workers.
The number of people making and using Noken is diminishing, however, in the face of competition from factory-made bags and problems obtaining raw materials.
They have to buy a certain number of vehicles every month, regardless of how good the vehicle is, at a price set by the factory.
To achieve that sort of number means massive migration online from shop-front or factory-door commerce.
When production ended the number of staff was 400, which will be reduced to 50 as the factory is cleaned up over the next few months.
Therefore, one might have expected to see another run for the roses Tuesday after Factory Orders came in with a plus sign instead of the negative number that had been anticipated and it was reported that U.S. Auto Sales rose for the eleventh straight month.
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In predawn raids Tuesday, NATO flew triple the usual number of planes in attacks that struck oil refineries, a fuel depot, bridges and a factory in five Yugoslav cities and an area near the Kosovo capital of Pristina.
If the closure goes ahead, he said Mars expected to be able to offer "a substantial number of our 82 associates employment at our other sites, such as the Melton Mowbray pet food factory".
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