Merlin casts spell over PCB maker KemitronSteve BushWelsh PCB maker Kemitron has been rescued from closure by buyer Merlin Circuit Technology.
As a result of the purchase Merlin will move its Brighton PCB plant up to Deeside, north Wales.
"Neil Martin, owner of Merlin Circuit Technology in Brighton, has purchased the assets of Kemitron and SJMJ, Kemitron's holding company. This gives it the factory and
the five acre site," said Dennis Price, former technical and quality manager of Kemitron.
"Over the next few months the company will be winding down manufacture in Brighton," he added.
Around 20 staff had already been made redundant from Kemitron and the future of the remaining 70 rested on its successful sale after the firm went into administration in February.
Merlin Circuits (Deeside), Kemitron's temporary name, will gain flexi
and flexi-ridged PCB manufacturing capability out of the move said Price.
It is likely, said Price, that Merlin Circuits (Deeside) will eventually be re-named Merlin Circuit Technology.
What is good news for Deeside may not be good for Brighton as job losses are inevitable in East Sussex.
Neither of the sites would speculate on the number of staff that would lose their jobs in Brighton.