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-(Dow Jones)- The U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. said Wednesday it will take responsibility for two underfunded pension plans covering more than 1,620 workers of an auto parts maker based in

. Windfarm maker ends Isle of Wight plant production. Site had been occupied by angry workers for 18 daysThe Danish windfarm company Vestas told more than 400 UK employees today that they had been made redundant, marking the official closure of its Isle of Wight factory that had been occupied for 18 days by angry workers.The campaign to save the only major wind turbine blade manufacturer in the UK became a cause celebre for unions and green activists, who argued the move undermined the government's promise of a 'green revolution' that would result in the installation of 10,000 wind turbines by 2020 and create thousands of jobs.Describing the closure of the factory as an 'absolutely necessary commercial decision', Vestas repeated its complaint about the slow pace of growth in the onshore wind turbine market in the UK.The company, which is moving the production of wind turbine blades to the US, had planned to convert the Isle of Wight factory to make blades more suitable for the UK marke