N Ireland business Nortel

Michael Moorcroft (L), Director of Manufacturing 2000 Nortel Networks with Sir Reg Empey (centre R), Minister for Enterprise Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland, at Nortel Networks' headquarters in Brampton, Ontario. * Also in the picture: East Antrim Assembly member Sean Neeson (centre L) and David F Grant, Vice President of Supply Chain Operations at Nortel Networks at Nortel Networks' headquarters in Brampton, Ontario. Mr Empey was heading a trade mission of Assembly members on a visit to the company, which has a production plant in Monkstown, Northern Ireland. (Photo by Paul Faith - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)