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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
314 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
17 October 2006
Employment effect (start)
1 October 2007
Foreseen end date
31 December 2007
Description
The American automobile equipment supplier, Visteon, announced on 17 October 2006 the cut of 314 jobs in the factory of Charleville Mézières between October 2007 and December 2007. The management of Visteon, who used to be Ford's first supplier, refused to give more details because negotiations with unions, who opposed this decision, are under way.
The factory of Charleville Mézières (Ardennes) manufactures systems of air-conditioning and currently employs 1,200 people, including 200 temporary employees.
Sources
17 October 2006: AFP
18 October 2006: La Tribune
18 October 2006: Les Echos
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Visteon, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 64265, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64265.
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