The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27.90 - Manufacture of other electrical equipment
120 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
12 July 2022
Employment effect (start)
18 July 2022
Foreseen end date
31 December 2022
Description
The company Kostal Eléctrica, a German manufacturer of electrical components for the automotive sector, has presented a redundancy plan (ERE, ‘expediente de regulación de empleo’) to make 120 people redundant. The ERE plan affects 120 people working at the Sentmenat plant (province of Barcelona), which currently has 747 employees. This plant manufactures window regulators for cars.
The trade unions do not agree with the measure. They fear that part of the activity at the Sentmenat plant will be transferred to a group's plant in Tangiers (Morocco). Negotiations between employers and trade unions on the conditions of the redundancy programme are scheduled to begin on 18 July.
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