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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
France, Germany
189 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
4 September 2006
Employment effect (start)
30 April 2007
Foreseen end date
30 April 2007
Description
Nacam, a company that belongs to ZF Lenkssysteme and that manufactures car components for Audi, Volkswagen and Volvo in Spain, announced on 4 September 2006 that it will close its plant in Sant Boi (Barcelona-Spain) on 30 April 2007 due to the important losses occurred in the last three years. This will affect 189 employees that will be fired. According to the trade unions the company has been moving its production to France and Germany. The trade unions have called for a strike on 14, 19, 26 and 28 September.
Sources
5 September 2006: El País
7 September 2006: El País
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Nacam, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Spain, factsheet number 64041, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64041.
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