Indesit

Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
United Kingdom
Region
North West (England); Lancashire; East Lancashire
Location of affected unit(s)
Blythe Bridge
Sector
Manufacturing
(26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products
27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
New offshoring locations
Poland, Italy
600 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
8 May 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2007

Description

The jobs of more than 600 domestic appliance factory workers are in doubt after the owners announced plans to close the site. Indesit said they were in talks to shut the former Creda factory in Blythe Bridge, Staffordshire, at the end of the year. The firm said production will move to Poland and Italy. Indesit said it is only a proposal at the moment but it admits making cookers in the county is unsustainable.

Sources

  • 8 May 2007: BBC Website

Citation

Eurofound (2007), Indesit, Offshoring/Delocalisation in United Kingdom, factsheet number 65340, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/65340.