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Orbotech Fires Dozens in Israel

Written by Chelsey Drysdale
Thursday, 07 August 2008
YAVNE, ISRAEL – AOI equipment maker, Orbotech Ltd., has fired dozens of employees from its workforce of 800 in Israel, according to Global Online. The firm’s LCD testing system division reportedly has been affected most because of canceled new projects. According to the Israeli publication Global Online, the firm also will shut down its third-largest business: the IC division. The division reportedly will merge with the company’s largest division: printed circuits. Orbotech employees 1,600 worldwide.

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