WINSTON-SALEM -- Almost four years to the day after Dell opened its highly touted desktop computer production plant in Winston-Salem, the company said Wednesday it will close the factory and lay off its 905 workers.
In doing so, the computer maker is forgoing most of the nearly $280 million in state and local incentives that were offered to lure the project to North Carolina.
Dell will close the plant in January, dealing a setback for Forsyth County, where the August unemployment rate was 9.8 percent. About 600 of those layoffs will happen next month.
State officials will work with Dell to help laid-off workers find other jobs or training opportunities. The company plans to provide severance and other financial assistance.
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