Dell plant to close in 2010

905 workers will lose jobs; local officials say Dell will repay millions of dollars in incentives

(By Richard Craver, Winston-Salem Journal) - From Day One, the Dell Inc. computer-assembly plant in Forsyth County had an expiration date.

The local community and 905 employees learned yesterday that the date will be around Jan. 31 — nearly four years and four months after the plant opened with great fanfare and promise in October 2005.

Dell said that about 600 employees will be let go by mid-November, and the others will remain until the 750,000-square-foot plant closes.