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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
China, Romania
330 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
12 December 2006
Employment effect (start)
3 September 2007
Foreseen end date
31 December 2008
Description
The CEO of Continental group announced on 12 December 2006 that the manufacturing plant of accessories for vehicles will close for good in December 2008. The 330 employees of the factory in Angers, west of France, will lose their job between September 2007 and December 2008. The CEO announced that automobile electronics will be transferred to China and Romania. On 2 July 2006, Continental bought this factory to Motorola for 753 million euros. Trade unions are concerned because employees will have many difficulties in finding new jobs in Angers, where other factories such as Bosch are cutting jobs too.
Sources
14 December 2006: Le Monde
12 December 2006: Ouest France
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Continental, Offshoring/Delocalisation in France, factsheet number 64590, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64590.
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