Volkswagen Poznań

Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
Poland
Region
Makroregion północno-zachodni; Wielkopolskie; Miasto Poznań
Location of affected unit(s)
Poznań
Sector
Manufacturing
(29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment
29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories
29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories
New offshoring locations
Germany
500 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
22 March 2005
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2006
Foreseen end date
31 December 2006

Description

Volkswagen Poznań will cut 120 jobs, out of 1,000 working in its foundry in Poznań (Wielkopolskie). The company declared facing difficulties concerning further investments in the town, caused by the lack of local zoning plan. It has been announced that next, 500 people might loose their jobs, as Volkswagen is to move part of its Transporter T5 production to Germany. On June 2005 the company confirmed that 500 people will loose their jobs in 2006.

Sources

  • 10 June 2005: Rzeczpospolita
  • 22 March 2005: Gazeta Wyborcza
  • 22 March 2005: Rzeczpospolita

Citation

Eurofound (2005), Volkswagen Poznań, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Poland, factsheet number 61316, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/61316.