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 Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
New offshoring locations
Poland
70 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
21 September 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The electronic component producer Partnertech has given notice to 70 of its 450 employees at its Åtvidaberg plant in Sweden. 50 of them are manual workers whereas the remaining 20 are administrative employees. Håkan Persson, director of the plant, explained that the company's customers increasingly chose to have their orders manufactured in Poland, where the company runs a plant in Sieradz. Negociations with trade unions are expected to start at the end of September. In 2005, the company cut 45 jobs in Åtvidaberg and decided to relocate the production of printed circuit boards to Poland.
Sources
21 September 2006: Sveriges Television
21 September 2006: Sveriges Radio
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Partnertech, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Sweden, factsheet number 64141, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64141.
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