Hydro Aluminium

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
United Kingdom
Region
West Midlands (England); Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire; Worcestershire CC
Location of affected unit(s)
Worcester
Sector
Manufacturing
(29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment
29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories
29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories
80 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
13 December 2006
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2007
Foreseen end date

Description

Hydro Aluminium, a car parts firm that closed two of its UK factories in August 2006, has announced that it is to make 80 of its staff in its Worcester factory redundant. The firm supplies components for firms including Aston Martin and Jaguar. The firm said a reduction in the number of orders for next year made the redundancies necessary. It is not known when the losses will take effect.

Sources

  • 13 December 2006: BBC News
  • 17 August 2006: BBC News

Citation

Eurofound (2006), Hydro Aluminium, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 63925, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/63925.