Lawrence Walker wrote:
> Just ran across this in the Montreal Gazette.
>
> Nortel Networks Corp. has put up for auction untold millions of dollars worth of
> computers, test equipment, office phone systems, photocopiers and tool kits it
> once used in St. Laurent and Florida to build Internet equipment for which
> demand has evaporated.
> The auction will be Webcast - on http://www.dovebid.com - Thursday and
> Friday, starting at 9 a.m.
> A Montreal-area preview day tomorrow will allow potential buyers to physically
> examine the local assets, not just massive quantities of high-end electronic gear
> but also fork-lift trucks, heaters, air-compressors and more than 230 Dell laptop
> computers, PCs and servers. Nortel is conducting a similar preview day at
> another plant in Boca Raton, Fla.
> The St. Laurent plant builds Internet transmission equipment and had 6,000
> people on its payroll in mid-2000, a figure Quigley estimated has been cut in half.
> Its gates, on the south side of the Trans-Canada Highway, will be open between
> 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. "Please watch for auction signs," DoveBid's Web site instructs
> out-of-town buyers coming to see for themselves.
>
> Lawrence
> lgwalker_at_mts.net
> bigwalk_ca_at_yahoo.com
>
>
Holy $_at_*%! I don't know if I can wade through all this stuff in just 2 days.
Thanks for the heads-up.
jbdigriz
Received on Tue Apr 16 2002 - 14:29:25 BST