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Article: Medical Device Makers Cut, Relocate Employees
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- Orange County Business Journal
- Article date:
- July 6, 2009
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CopyrightCopyright CBJ, L. P. Jul 6-Jul 12, 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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HEALTHCARE: Terumo's shifts part of relocation; Flextronics cuts
Job shifts and cuts are playing out at two Orange County medical device makers.
Flextronics International Ltd., a Singapore-based contract electronics maker, said it is cutting 179 workers at its Avail Medical Products unit in Santa Ana later this month, according to a filing with the state Employment Development Department.
This is one of several rounds of cuts Avail has made.
Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corp., a maker of devices for heart and blood vessel surgeries, said in a state filing it let go 62 people at its Tustin plant in May, though most workers ended up elsewhere in company.
Terumo Cardiovascular's shifts don't ...