Japanese electronics maker Hitachi Ltd. said Thursday it will close a factory in Mexico and shed about 4, 400 jobs as part of a global overhaul of its slumping hard disk drive business.

• 日本日立公司昨日宣布，由于全球硬盘市场产量过剩，该公司将关闭其位于墨西哥的硬盘部件工厂，并裁员4400多人。