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| 1,000 jobs lost as Seagate closes | 1,000 jobs lost as Seagate closes |
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| Almost 1,000 people have lost their jobs after Seagate Technologies' factory in Limavady ceased production. | Almost 1,000 people have lost their jobs after Seagate Technologies' factory in Limavady ceased production. |
| The plant shut its gates for the final time on Thursday after more than 10 years manufacturing components for the electronics industry. | |
| The parts will now be produced in a factory in Malaysia. | The parts will now be produced in a factory in Malaysia. |
| The factory's closure date was brought forward by six weeks. However, workers will be paid until the end of October and redundancies are not affected. | |
| Simon McGuinness is one of many Seagate workers who are now unemployed. | Simon McGuinness is one of many Seagate workers who are now unemployed. |
| "I gave 10 years of my life to that place now and basically they've upped and left us. | |
| "It's not even a matter of we're not doing a good job because we were doing a good job, it's just they can get it cheaper somewhere else. | "It's not even a matter of we're not doing a good job because we were doing a good job, it's just they can get it cheaper somewhere else. |
| "It's a bit worrying wondering what the future holds for me and how I'm going to cope with bills," he said. | "It's a bit worrying wondering what the future holds for me and how I'm going to cope with bills," he said. |
| Plant manager William O'Kane said rising costs forced the factory to close. | Plant manager William O'Kane said rising costs forced the factory to close. |
| "We constantly operated under cost pressures. | "We constantly operated under cost pressures. |
| "The workforce and the management team took enormous steps over the years and were very diligent and very successful in driving cost out of the operation. | "The workforce and the management team took enormous steps over the years and were very diligent and very successful in driving cost out of the operation. |
| "They did keep the factory successful for 11 years however inevitably that was not enough and the cost pressures from the Far East could not be surmounted via efficiencies at a local level," said Mr O'Kane. | "They did keep the factory successful for 11 years however inevitably that was not enough and the cost pressures from the Far East could not be surmounted via efficiencies at a local level," said Mr O'Kane. |
| Seagate Technologies' Northern Ireland operation will continue production at its plant on the Buncrana Road in Londonderry. | Seagate Technologies' Northern Ireland operation will continue production at its plant on the Buncrana Road in Londonderry. |