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 For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
New offshoring locations
Romania
264 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
28 April 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2008
Description
In April 2005, Bosch, the German manufacturer of accessories for the automotive industry, has announced the delocalisation of a part of its production of windscreen wipers to Romania. The site of Tirlemont will see its workforce reduced by 264. 124 jobs will be lost by the end of 2006 and 140 jobs will be suppressed in a second phase, in order to improve efficiency. Negotiations are to begin in May 2005.
Sources
28 April 2005: Les Echos
Citation
Eurofound (2005), Bosch, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Belgium, factsheet number 61513, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61513.
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