Sanmina-SCI

Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Scotland; West Central Scotland; Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, and Renfrewshire
Location of affected unit(s)
Greenock
Sector
Manufacturing
(26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products
27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
New offshoring locations
Hungary
300 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
6 January 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Computer maker Sanmina-SCI has announced plans to close its manufacturing site in Greenock. Almost 300 people will lose their jobs as a result of the move. About 650 workers were transferred from IBM to American-owned Sanmina three years ago in an outsourcing deal. Since then, the numbers employed at the plant have fallen gradually as Sanmina moved more of its server manufacturing work to Hungary. Sanmina was one of the firms which picked up the work when IBM decided to move out of the increasingly cut throat business of manufacturing.

Sources

  • 6 January 2006: BBC News

Citation

Eurofound (2006), Sanmina-SCI, Offshoring/Delocalisation in United Kingdom, factsheet number 62773, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/62773.