http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2011/09/9-12-2011plasticlogic100-427x500.jpg Plastic Logic has something of a rollercoaster history, having had to drop the QUE proReader before it even shipped and getting a $700 million cash injection](Plastic Logic receives massive $700 million Russian investment) that ultimately swung its attention to Russian schoolchildren. Unfortunately, the UK company’s dreams of a self-branded e-reader are closing down along with its US branch. About 40 jobs are being cut in Mountain View, California, along with a smaller amount at its still-active British, German and Russian offices. The reduced headcount swings the focus to supplying e-paper screens to other companies, several of which are currently in talks. We’re never fans of job cuts, but there is a silver lining to this cloud: the company’s new flexible color e-reader screen could show up in more devices than it would have otherwise.
Plastic Logic shutters US offices, gets out of making its own e-readers originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 17 May 2012 01:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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