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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture Of Parts And Accessories For Motor Vehicles
100 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
27 November 2024
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2025
Foreseen end date
Description
Valeo, a French global automotive supplier headquartered in France, has announced around 1,000 job cuts in Europe. The layoffs will also affect four production plants (Rakovník, Žebrák, Beroun and Humpolec) in the Czech Republic, where roughly 100 jobs are to be cut.
The automotive industry is now facing a number of issues due to weak car sales in the region and competition from Asian manufacturers offering cheaper electric cars.
Valeo is one of the largest employers in the car industry in the Czech Republic. It has almost 4,500 employees at its six manufacturing sites.
Globally, the Group employs 113,600 people in 29 countries worldwide.
Eurofound (2024), Valeo, Internal restructuring in Czechia, factsheet number 202014, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/202014.
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