Biotech Company Affymetrix (Santa Clara, California) to Close West Sacramento Plant; 100 Jobs Affected

When a company decides to leave town, community leaders sometimes try to downplay the impact. But Affymetrix Inc. has been too important to the area's biotech industry for that. The company confirmed Friday that it's closing its 9-year-old factory in West Sacramento next spring and will transfer most of its functions to its plant in Singapore.

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