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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28.22 - Manufacture Of Lifting And Handling Equipment
New offshoring locations
China, France, Spain
200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
19 September 2024
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2025
Foreseen end date
31 December 2025
Description
Otis, a leading manufacturer of elevators and escalators, has announced that it will lay off gradually 200 of its current 250 employees by the end of 2025.
The production of elevators will end by June 2025 and the production of escalators by the end of next year.
The American owner will move the production of escalators to China, while the production and modernization of elevators will be divided between factories in Spain and France. Only shared teams in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region will remain. The company stated that the reason is to increase efficiency and strengthen long-term competitiveness.
Otis is ready to cooperate with the relevant trade union.
The U.S.-based Otis Group, which also includes the Břeclav plant, is the largest manufacturer of elevators, escalators, moving walkways and other vertical transportation systems in the world. It employs around 60,000 people worldwide.
Eurofound (2024), Otis, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Czechia, factsheet number 201618, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/201618.
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