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Fountain Valley-based memory products maker Kingston Technology Co. is shifting more work to its year-old assembly plant in China.
The Shanghai plant has grown to 200 workers from 50 when it started a year ago. Some of the work now done in China used to be handled at Kingston's Fountain Valley headquarters.
"We turned some of our lines over to China," Kingston spokeswoman Heather Jardim said.
Some of the Orange County workers impacted by the shift were absorbed into other areas of the company, Jardim said. Specific details of how many jobs actually left OC weren't available.
The move is part of a quietly unfolding trend of OC memory products makers shifting work to Asia. China particularly is appealing to memory products makers since trade barriers came down after its admission to the World Trade Organization.
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