Dell to keep N.C. bureau open by Jul

Dell still isnt ready to close down the computer bureau in Winston-Salem.

The association right away plans to keep the trickery open by the finish of July, about 3 months longer than expected.

Dell told the plants workforce of the preference this morning. The plant employs about 400 Dell workers and an undisclosed series of stipulate employees.

The check is great headlines for the Triad region, but the a proxy postpone for a bureau that once was seen as a pitch of the states elaborating economy. Dell non-stop the bureau in 2005 after state and internal officials betrothed an incentives package value some-more than $280 million. Employment at the plant appearance at about 1,100 people.

Dell voiced last tumble it programmed to close the plant by the finish of Jan among the tellurian retrogression and weakening direct for desktop PCs. In December, it deferred that move to late April.

"We need the prolongation capacity for that plant for longer than we anticipated," pronounced Dell orator David Frink.

The Texas association again will suggest influence bonuses to workers at the Winston-Salem plant who determine to stay by July, Frink added.

Dell wouldnt assume about serve changes for the plants destiny over the finish of July, Frink said.