Couzon

Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
France
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes; Auvergne; Puy-de-Dôme
Location of affected unit(s)
Thiers
Sector
Manufacturing
(24 - 25) Manufacture of metals
25 - Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
25 - Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
New offshoring locations
Not Available
100 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
20 May 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Couzon, a French company specialised in cooking utensils and crockery, is to lay off one hundred jobs out of 231. On 20 May 2005, the company announced the closure of its Thier's site in Auvergne. Management had already begun the delocalisation of the production in Asia since 2003 and planned to relocate most of the production by the end of 2006.

Sources

  • 20 May 2005: Les Echos

Citation

Eurofound (2005), Couzon, Offshoring/Delocalisation in France, factsheet number 61662, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/61662.