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 Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28 - Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C.
New offshoring locations
China, Lithuania
100 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
8 February 2024
Employment effect (start)
1 August 2024
Foreseen end date
31 December 2026
Description
Electric heating manufacturing company, Glen Dimplex, is to cut 100 jobs in the Republic of Ireland over the next two years. The redundancies will begin from August 2024 onwards.
The company will also cut 200 jobs in Northern Ireland. The job cuts are part of a process whereby Glen Dimplex is moving some of its manufacturing business to Lithuania and China. The manufacturing of flame products will move from Dunleer in County Louth to China. The company has begun a staff consultation process.
Glen Dimplex currently employs over 8,000 people globally and 400 people in the Republic of Ireland. The current global restructuring event has been recorded in the ERM events database Glen Dimplex-2024-IE.
Eurofound (2024), Glen Dimplex, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Ireland, factsheet number 200837, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/200837.
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