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 For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment
New offshoring locations
Portugal, China
109 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
31 January 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2007
Foreseen end date
31 December 2007
Description
The Canadian group Industries Dorel, owner of Dorel France, has specialised in articles for child welfare and the manufacturing of prams and pushchairs since 2003. On 31 January 2007, Dorel France announced the loss of 113 jobs between March and December 2007 in the company's French factory in Cholet, in the west of France. High production costs are given as the main reason for the job cuts. In the next years, the company, producer of brands such as Bébé Confort, Babidéal, Baby Relax, Maxi Cosy or Quinny, will transfer almost all of its production to Portugal and China. After discussions with the trade unions, the CEO of DOREL France announced on 25 April that there would be 109 dismissals, as opposed to the initially announced 113.
Sources
1 February 2007: Les Echos
26 April 2007: L'Humanité
26 April 2007: AFP
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Dorel, Offshoring/Delocalisation in France, factsheet number 64856, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64856.
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