ROCHESTER, NY -- GE Digital Energy will close its electronics assembly plant here and lay off an undisclosed number of workers.

The company will outsource production to Jabil, company officials said. The plant makes wireless routers and modems for industrial applications.

In a statement to local media, GE said the plant was not "core" to its manufacturing capabilities. GE already subcontracts 80% of its Digital Energy products third parties, the firm added. GE said production would be sent to a Jabil facility in China.

The move will cost "fewer than 100 employees" their jobs, GE said.

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