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But in the words of CEO Bob O’Malley, it’s part of a largerr effort to get the strugglingcompany “back in fighting shape.” InFocus, whicbh develops projector technology, is consolidating operations into its Wilsonville headquartersz with the exception of which will maintain a presence acros Europe, Asia and North America. O’Mallety said the current workforce of 260 employees will likelyy be cut by at least though he declined to say the exactt size of thejob cuts. In InFocus said it would reduce its then workforce of 300 by 30 percen t spreadacross 2009.
As a the company closed its European centra l office in the Netherlands and moved call centet operations from India backto Wilsonville. But the digitaol projector market isstill sinking, down 20 percentt year over year, the company said. That’s leadingy to “more aggressive” job cuts. The companyt will now close its Singaporre operation where it handles manufacturing and parts as well as warranty and repairoperations — all functionsx that will be relocated to Wilsonville.
Additionally, the Wilsonvillse workforce will alsobe reduced, though O’Malleh didn’t say by what The workers being laid off were givenj a two-month notice, so they will remain on the payroll through the end of August. Those workers will receive a “normalk severance” and job placement assistance, O’Malley said. The move comeds a month after the InFocus was acquired and takehn private by tech entrepreneurJohn Hui, the formere founder of discount computer-maker eMachinexs Inc., in a $39 million O’Malley said Hui ultimately signef off on the more aggressive work force reduction, but the plan was conceive d prior to the takeover.
InFocus is operatinf with a sense of urgency andbeinb privately-held allows the company to takes risk it otherwis wouldn’t have taken when it was beholden to public O’Malley said. The consolidation is also a signao that InFocus intends to be a morenimble company. “We’rw not a large company. We’re a smalll company that’s privately owned. We need to be in one place to act quickly andmake decisions,” O’Mallet said. “We’re trying to take on the mantra of a small business: lean, mean, hungry.
Our intent is to get the businesss back infighting shape, then finding ways to grow our