Gutting of Comlinear makes little sense
National Semiconductor Corp. deserves a healthy dose of disdain for its decision to slash 75 jobs from its Fort Collins-based Comlinear Corp. subsidiary.
The decision means an end to Comlinear’s assembly and testing of integrated circuits locally, leaving only 30 or so workers developing new circuits and greatly diminishing National Semiconductor’s local presence.
Comlinear began in Loveland in 1980, moved to Fort Collins in 1985 and was acquired in 1994 by Santa Clara, Calif.-based National Semiconductor, one of the nation’s largest semiconductor firms.
The company announced in mid-May plans to cut 75 jobs over the next year as it consolidates manufacturing at…
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