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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
130 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
18 February 2005
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2005
Foreseen end date
31 December 2005
Description
Valeo Climatización belongs to the French Corporation Valeo and it is specialised in the manufacture of air conditioners and heaters for vehicles. Valeo Climatización is based in Martorell (Barcelona Province, Catalonien). On 18 February 2005 the Management, after several months of disputes with the labour representatives, decided to announce to the labour representatives a job reduction plan concerning 130 of its 538 employees. No reaction to this announcement has been appointed yet by either the regional authorities or by the labour representatives.
Sources
19 February 2005: El País
Citation
Eurofound (2005), Valeo Climatización, Internal restructuring in Spain, factsheet number 61145, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61145.
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