Imation to leave North Dakota plant by year’s end
Imation to close Wahpeton, N.D. floppy disk plant by the end of the year
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Imation Corp. plans to close its floppy diskette plant in Wahpeton by the end of the year, a few months sooner than expected, after a group of former employees have taken over some of its contracts.
Imation, based in Oakdale, Minn., announced one year ago that it would phase out the plant’s near 390 jobs by mid-2009, as part of a company-wide restructuring.
"We have accelerated our plans to exit our operation," said Brad Allen, an Imation spokesman in Minnesota. Fewer than 10 Imation employees will be at the plant by Jan. 1, he said Thursday.
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