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.
Alfod es Eszak; Eszak-Alfold; Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg
Location of affected unit(s)
Nyíregyháza
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
950 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
7 February 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Electronics company Flextronics plans to lay off 950 workers from its east Hungarian plant. The Nyíregyháza-based plant currently has 2,000 employees. The company announced that their production cycle was seasonal and the current lay-offs would affect as many people as were hired in the last six months of 2005. Flextronics has reported the lay-offs to the county's unemployment centre.
Sources
7 February 2006: Napi Gazdaság
7 February 2006: Világgazdaság
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Flextronics, Internal restructuring in Hungary, factsheet number 62918, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62918.
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