As part of a cost-cutting programme, Abercynon, Mid Glamorgan-based AB Electronic Products Group Plc is closing its Pontypridd facility and moving its Telecommunications operation to Edmondstown in the Rhondda to be combined there with the Microelectronics business. In addition, the Electronic Assembly plant at Abercarn, Gwent, is being closed and the business transfered to a sister factory in Rogerstone, Gwent. Redundancies may total as many as 375 – 125 staff will go immediately, to be followed by a programme of short-term lay-offs which could last until summer, and may become permanent.
