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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
47 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
21 April 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
TRW Automotive a Lancashire company, which manufactures switches and wiring for MG Rover announced 47 job losses. TRW has 297 employees at the company's Burnley site in Lancashire. Amicus Regional Officer, Jack Brassington said: ‘We are in consultation with the company and are taking every step to ensure that job losses are kept to a minimum. This is another nail in the coffin for UK manufacturing.'
Sources
21 April 2005: Amicus Website
Citation
Eurofound (2005), TRW Automotive, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 61441, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61441.
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