ZALAEGERSZEG, HUNGARY – Flextronics will sack 400 workers from its plant here by the end of March, according to published reports. The cuts will bring the total number of recent layoffs to 1,400, including contract workers, Zalai Hírlap reports.

The news daily quoted Flextronics spokesman Márk Hetényi as citing a sharp decline in orders.

The cuts include 130 staff in operations and 270 administrative workers.

The site employs 3,700 workers, not including 1,500 to 1,800 contract laborers, the news daily reported.