207 people will be laid off at the plant. From the beginning it was discussion that 225 employees would have to leave the plant. First week in March the employees will start to leave the company. It took six months between the announcement of the lays offs to the end of the process, Brest.maville reports. The reason for the lay offs is that the plants biggest customer Alcatel, which the plant originally belonged to, has decided to transfer substantial orders to Solectron in China.