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 For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
133 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
17 July 2006
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2006
Foreseen end date
29 December 2006
Description
The automobile equipment supplier Harman Becker, specialised in sound systems for automobiles, announced in July 2006 that it will cut 133 jobs in its factory of Château du Loir (Sarthe), where it employs 489 people. The reduction of the jobs, to take place between September and December 2006, results from the difficulties in the sector of the car. There have been rumours that the company would offshore production to Mexico but the CEO has turned them down.
Sources
18 July 2006: Les Echos
14 July 2006: Ouest France
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Harman Becker, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 63806, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63806.
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