Corning Cable Systems.

• Position: Regional Report - Laying off 600 - Brief Article

Corning Cable Systems, based in Hickory, is laying off 600 and will convert its optical-cable assembly plant to a design center for products made in low-wage Mexico. The cuts will take place through early 2003. They come atop the 2,705 jabs already pared in Hickory by Corning Cable, CommScope and Alcatel Cable Systems since 2001. The town, center of a region that calls itself Telecom Valley, had agreed earlier...