 The remainder were to be made redundant as the plant equipment is sold or mothballed by the beginning of April.Qimonda AG and Qimonda Dresden OHG filed for insolvency protection on January 23, 2009 (similar to Chapter 11 bankruptcy in U.S. courts), stating that the promised bailout package had not become available in time.They requested the insolvency protection be backdated to January 1, 2009.