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.
West Midlands; Shropshire and Staffordshire; Telford and Wrekin
Location of affected unit(s)
Telford
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
150 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
24 October 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2005
Description
Johnson Controls, which makes car parts, is to close with the loss of around 150 jobs and is transferring the business from Telford to its Leamington Spa factory. The company confirmed that the plant in Halesfield was to close because of 'under capacity'. Staff were told about the job losses at the American-owned company in Mid-October 2005, with unions expecting the plant to close just after Christmas. Formal talks between the unions and management will start on redundancies. The union hopes some workers will be able to transfer to other sites.
Sources
24 October 2005: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2005), Johnson Controls, Relocation in United Kingdom, factsheet number 62431, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62431.
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