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Manufacturing (29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
420 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
12 March 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 March 2010
Description
TRW Brakes SAS is a subsidiary company of the American group Blackstone. It announced on 12 March 2007 that its site in Bouzonville, Moselle, specialised in the manufacture of brakes, will witness a cut of 50% of its current workforce in the next three years, implying the loss of 420 jobs. The reason given is a fall in the annual production
Sources
10 March 2007: Le Parisien
12 March 2007: Les Echos
Citation
Eurofound (2007), TRW Systèmes de Freinage SAS, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 65080, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/65080.