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Boston Scientific to close Florida plant

By Scott Andron / The Miami Herald
Saturday, November 21, 2009 -
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Medical-products manufacturer Boston Scientific will close its plant in Doral, Fla., eliminating 1,400 jobs by 2012, Miami-Dade officials said yesterday.

The Natick-based company is transferring the plant’s work to a vacant facility in Costa Rica, where labor costs are much lower, said Frank Nero, president of the Beacon Council, Miami-Dade County’s economic development agency.

 
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