Type
Closure
Country
Spain
Region
Noroeste; Principado de Asturias;
Location of affected unit(s)
Asturias
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture Of Material For Textiles, Apparel, Leather And Related Products
Manufacture Of Textiles
13.9 - Manufacture of other textiles

207 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
1 December 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Autotex, a textile company that belonged to the American company Milliken and made airbags for cars has closed its plant in Asturias (Spain) and dismissed 207 employees.

The company had already closed another plant in Vacarisses (Barcelona) and dismissed 173 employees in 2004.

According to the company the reason for these two closures is the Asian competition.

The redundancy procedure has not been negotiated with the trade unions yet.


Sources

  • 2 December 2006: El PaĆ­s

Citation

Eurofound (2006), Autotex, Closure in Spain, factsheet number 64612, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64612.