RAYMOND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- North Carolina based company SFX has announced it's closing its Dielectric Communications business unit in Raymond later this year.

Dielectric manufactures atennae and signal transmission equipment for radio and television broadcasters.  Company officials said the decision was made to shut down broadcast and wireless antenna operations worldwide, and all 57 Raymond-based employees who are impacted have been notified.

"After careful consideration, SPX has decided to discontinue the broadcast television and radio and wireless antenna operations of its Dielectric Communications business unit worldwide, due to extremely difficult global economic conditions in the broadcast marketplace, and SPX's ongoing efforts to further focus its future growth strategy on its Flow Technology business," company officials said in a statement issued to the media.

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