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Manufacturing jobs lost in the closure of the Feltex Yarns factory in Wainuiomata will not be replaced, Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce executive director Michael Romanos says.
Yesterday's announcement was a major blow to the Hutt, and especially Wainuiomata, he said. The Hutt had traditionally been a manufacturing stronghold, but that was no longer the case as manufacturers moved north.
"Apart from Saturn (the cable television network based in Petone with 90 jobs), I can't...