June 1, 1997

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…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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