Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
France
Region
Bassin Parisien; Basse-Normandie; Orne
Location of affected unit(s)
Argentan
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers
29.32 - Manufacture Of Other Parts And Accessories For Motor Vehicles
New offshoring locations
Slovakia

167 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
4 October 2023
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2024
Foreseen end date
31 March 2024

Description

The management of automotive supplier Marelli has announced the closure of its plant in Argentan (Orne) by early 2024, resulting in the loss of 167 jobs. The plant is specialised in the manufacture of throttle bodies, an engine component that controls air intake and has a major impact on fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. According to management, the plant will have to cope with a significant drop in orders in 2024, and forecasts for the following years are also down sharply. Management confirmed to employees that the plan is to relocate production to Slovakia. Two weeks earlier the announcement, the group had declared the closure of the Crevalcore site (230 employees) in Italy. The closure also affected another plant in France, at Saint-Julien-du-Sault (Yonne), with 125 job losses announced. The trade unions are not surprised by this announcement. The workforce went on strike for around twenty days at the beginning of the year.


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2023), Marelli Argentan France, Offshoring/Delocalisation in France, factsheet number 200422, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/200422.