Engineering firm is to lay off 90

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A County Tyrone engineering company has said it is to make 90 people redundant following a drop in orders.

Powerscreen, which is based in Dungannon, had already made 70 workers redundant at the end of 2008.

Powerscreen, which manufactures mobile screening equipment used in the construction, mining and recycling industries employs 490 staff.

The announcement follows a review of global operations by Powerscreen's American parent company, Terex.

Terex also owns Terex Finlay in Omagh, which employs more than 300 people making similar machinery, and another company, Terex Pegson in Leicestershire.

Terex has said it is reorganising the business because of the slowdown in orders worldwide.

In all, there will be more than 300 redundancies, more than 200 of them in Leicestershire.

At present, it is thought that no jobs will be lost at the Terex Finlay plant in Omagh.