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Alpha Solway is to shut a new plant built to cope with the Covid pandemic, with the loss of 65 jobs.

It comes about 18 months after Alpha Solway announced major expansion plans in southern Scotland.

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BBC News Published image captionAlpha Solway secured a contract to provide equipment to NHS Scotland last year A multi-million pound investment in the south of Scotland has been announced by personal protective equipment (PPE) firm Alpha Solway. It will see a new factory built in Dumfries and expansion of its operations in Annan. The company said it would invest more than £33m in the region and create about 300 jobs. The plans have been backed by South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE) with £4.8m...

A new respiratory mask manufacturing facility is expected to create 300 new jobs in Scotland. Alpha Solway, leading manufacturer of personal protective equipment (PPE), is due to begin the £12 million construction project near Dumfries in the coming weeks. The director of Alpha Solway, Steven Binnie, told The Times that he expects the site will help to drive “the local economy forward”. The manufacturer won a £53 million contract to make PPE for NHS Scotland last August, which cre...