Type
Closure
Country
Netherlands
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Amersfoort
Sector
Information / Communication
Information Communication Services
Telecommunications
61 - Telecommunications

372 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
22 April 2005
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2006
Foreseen end date

Description

The division of the VolkerWessels group active in the sector of fixed telephone centrals will stop its activities from January 1, 2006. The 372 employees will be dismissed. The evolution of the technologies and the competition with the mobile network are the reasons invoked by the group for this decision.


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2005), Volker Wessels Telecom Installaties, Closure in Netherlands, factsheet number 61545, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61545.