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Article: Lego pulling up stakes in U.S.
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- Daily Breeze
- Article date:
- June 21, 2006
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Lego Group, whose iconic plastic building blocks have entertained
millions of children for more than 70 years, said Tuesday it will be
cutting 1,200 of its worldwide jobs to remold itself in an era when
kids prefer playing with electronic gadgets.
The Denmark-based company, one of the last to produce toys in the
U.S., plans to close its U.S. manufacturing plant and lay off 300
people there in early 2007.
Production from Enfield, Conn., will be moved to Mexico, where
costs are lower, the group said. The company's distribution facility
in Enfield also will be affected, Lego said, without providing
details.
At Lego's headquarters in Denmark, up to 900 production employees
will lose their jobs ...