Dragon moves to Spain

THE future of Dragon Data, which has been in receivership for over five weeks, now looks settled.

The Port Talbot manufacturing plant will be closed, and a Spanish company, Eurohard SA, who exchanged contracts with Dragon Data two weeks ago, will take over manufacture of the Dragon machines. Eurohard operate from a site in Extre Madura near the Portugese border, a Spanish development area. Details of the deal are to be finalised this week.

Eurohard was set up with Spanish government aid specifically to build up the Spanish hardware industry. Before the receiver was called in to Dragon Data, Eurohard was negotiating with the company to gain a licence to manufacture Dragons in Spain.

Not all Dragon employees will lose their jobs, however. A new company, Touchmaster, is being set up headed by Brian Moore, ex-managing director and former marketing director Richard Wadman.

Touchmaster will provide after sales services and software support in this country.

GEC will continue the marketing of the Dragon machines in the UK.