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 Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27 - Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment
No information on job gains number available
Announcement Date
11 April 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 April 2016
Foreseen end date
1 November 2016
Description
On the 11th April 2016, Electrolux will close its production facilities in Australia. All production will be relocated to various facilities overseas, causing 300 Australian employees to lose their jobs. More than two hundred employees will immediately be let go, while 90 will remain until November in order to decommission the facility. The facility had a capacity of around 1,300 fridges per day and has produced about 12 million fridges since the 1940s. Electrolux has moved its fridge production to Europe and south-east Asia, primarily Poland and Thailand.
Eurofound (2016), Electrolux, Reshoring in Poland, factsheet number 225, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/225.
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