[Premium-Rx] Demise of NEC Semiconductors (UK) Limited

[GandalfG8 at aol.com]

In a message dated 21/09/2009 22:07:02 GMT Daylight Time,  
michaelob666 at ntlworld.com writes:

Is this  another example of the demise of the UK's electronics 
manufacturing  
base?  Was it not NEC who used to make the excellent 3SK88  FET?



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Hi Michael
 
If nothing else I guess it's an interesting sign of the times that we  
should even consider the closure of a Japanese subsiduary as "another  example 
of the demise of the UK's electronics manufacturing base".
 
Admittedly they provided employment here, and no doubt received hefty  
subsidies to encourage that, but I can't quite mourn their passing in the same  
way that I did the likes of Marconi and Plessey etc etc.
 
regards
 
Nigel
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