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.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
New offshoring locations
Not Available
250 jobs Number of planned job losses
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://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63690.
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