Conference tallis::celt

207.0. "where is FPS Ireland?" by TALLIS::DARCY (George Darcy @Littleton MA) Thu Jun 04 1987 10:01

> from vns:
> Floating Point Systems - Supercomputer-maker lays off 400 in Oregon & Ireland
>   Floating Point Systems Inc. said Tuesday it will lay off 400 people in
> Beaverton and at its plant in Ireland as part of a major reorganization. The
> layoffs, set to begin June 15, will reduce employment to about 800, or half
> the number employed before the money-losing, 17-year-old maker of high-speed
> scientific computers began a series of cuts in August. Milton R. Smith,
> chairman and CEO, said no decision has been made on who will be laid off,
> except for three VPs given the option of taking lower-paying jobs. He said the
> affected employees would be notified within a week. Smith said the company's
> plant in Ireland would be "very, very substantially reduced" but gave no
> details.
>	{AP News Wire, 3-Jun-87, 9:12}

    Anybody know where FP's Ireland plant is located?

    
    They are located in a town called SWORDS just north of Dublin,on
    the main Belfast road.
    I was on site there several times as they had a DECsupport contract
    on their Vax's.They seemed to be doing well.
    
    Peter.