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Written by Mike Buetow   
Sunday, 16 March 2008 16:42
MANCHESTER, NH – EMS firm EPM is closing its sole US factory and laying off 50 workers.

The 45,000-sq. ft. factory, which opened in 2006, housed two SMT lines and was originally intented to give the Canadian company a foothold in the US. However, the firm had undergone a pair of management changes and decided to pull the plug.

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