Dell seeks to sell off factories - report

Updated: 11:57, Monday, 8 September 2008

It is reported that computer giant Dell is trying to sell many of its factories around the world in an effort to cut costs and improve profitability.

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The Wall Street Journal has said that in recent months, Dell has approached contract computer manufacturers, mostly in Asia, with offers to sell the plants.

A spokesman for Dell in Ireland has declined to comment, describing the Wall Street Journal report as 'speculative'.

Dell employs 3,000 people at its manufacturing plant in Limerick and 1,350 at a sales and marketing operation in Dublin.

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