Job cuts coming at Actel under new ‘philosophy’ valuing profitability over sales growth
Actel, the Mountain View based maker of low-power and mixed-signal programmable chips, announced today “a company-wide restructuring plan that embodies a shift in corporate philosophy making profitability more important than sales growth.”
The company said it expects to incur charges of between $4 million to $4.5 million “for severance and other costs related to the restructuring between now and the beginning of the third quarter of 2010, when the restructuring will be substantially complete.”
No word on exactly how many employees will be affected. The company reported having 584 employees at the end of 2007.
Also, no word about the companies Flash business, which one of Actel’s largest shareholders has been urging the company to ditch, or at least reduce its expenses.
The company reported sales of $52.8 million for its 2008 fourth quarter, up 2 percent from the year-before quarter, and a net loss of $12.5 million, many times deeper than the $1.3 million net loss it reported.
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