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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
New offshoring locations
Romania
120 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
2 March 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 March 2007
Description
Autoflator, which produces inflators for airbag system, will cut 120 out of 260 jobs at its plant in Vårgårda and relocate part of the production to Romania, where it already runs a production unit. The redundancy plan is expected to be fully implemented within one year. Negotiations with trade unions have already started.
Sources
3 March 2006: Borås tidning
2 March 2006: Sveriges Radio
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Autoflator, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Sweden, factsheet number 63120, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63120.
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