American Power Conversion

Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
Ireland
Region
Ireland; Northern and Western; West
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Manufacturing
(26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products
27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
New offshoring locations
Not Available
250 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
27 June 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 April 2007

Description

Up to 250 jobs are to be lost in Galway city as part of a restructuring by multinational electronics company American Power Conversion (APC). Some 60 of those jobs may be relocated to the company's base in Castlebar, Co Mayo. However, much of the manufacturing is to be transferred to other European bases, the Middle East and Africa, the company said. APC employs some 500 people at its factory in Galway city and just over 100 in Mayo, having opened its European headquarters at the former Digital plant in Galway 12 years ago. All redundancies will be voluntary, according to the company, which is non-unionised.

Sources

  • 20 June 2028: The Irish Times

Citation

Eurofound (2006), American Power Conversion, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Ireland, factsheet number 63690, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/63690.