Corning Cable Systems

Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
Germany
Region
Rheinland-Pfalz; Rheinhessen-Pfalz; Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kreisfreie Stadt
Location of affected unit(s)
Neustadt
Sector
Manufacturing
(26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products
26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
New offshoring locations
Poland
230 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
8 August 2005
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2005
Foreseen end date
31 December 2006

Description

American producer of telecommunications equipment Corning cable systems has announced the transfer of its production of fibre optic cables from the Bavarian town of Neustadt to Lodz in Poland. Continuing cost pressure made the move necessary, the management said.

Sources

  • 9 August 2005: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Citation

Eurofound (2005), Corning Cable Systems, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Germany, factsheet number 62074, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/62074.