The announcement that Bosch is to shut its Miskin plant with the loss of 900 jobs is not unexpected - but still terrible news for its workforce and the Welsh economy.
Welsh manufacturing has been really hard hit in the recession with Hoover and nearby Sunjuice among other high profile victims.
It appears closure will happen next year with work transferred to the cheaper wage economy of Hungary.
What is particularly devastating is that Bosch paid good wages to a highly skilled workforce and it will be extremely difficult to replace those jobs.
Many of its workers also came from the South Wales Valleys where jobs are few and far between.
Let us pray that the economy is very much on the up by the time Bosch closes its doors for the last time after just over 20 years but where do we go on manufacturing now? Down the pan it appears.
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