Paper: Flextronics To Close Suburban Chicago Ops

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ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL - A Chicago paper is reporting that Flextronics (flextronics.com) has filed documents in Illinois indicating plans to close operations in Elk Grove Village this Spring, a move that would cost 113 workers their jobs.The Chicago Daily Herald says the operations at 1150 Lively Blvd. and 1065 Chase Ave. will be closed by May. Flextronics did not comment on the report, but issued a statement on March 11 saying it would cut an undisclosed number of jobs and close certain plants. Flextronics also said it will move manufacturing capacity to lower-cost sites, and take a pretax restructuring charge of $220 million to $250 million in its fiscal 2009 and 2010 years.