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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27.4 - Manufacture of electric lighting equipment
174 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
27 March 2023
Employment effect (start)
31 March 2023
Foreseen end date
Description
Signify, a producer of specialised lighting equipment has announced it will be dismissing 174 at the facility in Turnhout (former part of the Phillips group). In total 122 blue collar and 52 white collar workers are at risk of losing their job. The main reasoning behind the restructuring and dismissals are the ongoing pressure on the specific market that Signify operates in. The company mainly produces lights for beamers, stadiums and streets. This market has shifted over the years towards other more energy efficients variants. In the last couple of years some smaller dismissal rounds have also taken place.
Eurofound (2023), Signify, Internal restructuring in Belgium, factsheet number 108703, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/108703.
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