From UK To China | Syfer Technology threatens jobs in Norfolk

A high-tech electronics components company in Norfolk is planning to set up a manufacturing base in China, putting 120 jobs at risk.

Syfer Technology, of Arminghall, said exports, especially to the Far East, helped it expand and it wanted to be near markets and suppliers.

The firm was bought by American company Dover Corporation in 2000 and plans to move to its plant in Suzhou, China.

Unite the Union said it would fight to keep the jobs in Norfolk.

The planned move is to a site in the city in eastern China, on an industrial park set up as a joint venture by the governments of China and Singapore…

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via BBC News – Syfer Technology China move threatens jobs in Norfolk.