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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
417 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
1 February 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2009
Foreseen end date
Description
The Spanish division of the German international corporation Robert Bosch, a manufacturer of automobile components, announced in February 2007 its intention to cease activity in one of its plants by January 2009, the Gasoline Systems division based in Alcalá de Henares, with a current staff of 417 employees. Bosch Spain is planning to relocate part of this plant workforce, 250 employees, to its factory in Aranjuez (with 241 current employees). However, this measure is conditioned to agreements with trade unions on the competitiveness of the product. Furthermore, the German corporation is seeking to implement 'socially supportable' measures, with the elaboration of an Early Retirement Programme for the remaining workers affected by the restructuring.
Sources
19 June 2007: RRHH Digital
8 May 2007: El Economista.es
18 June 2007: Europa Press
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Bosch, Relocation in Spain, factsheet number 65524, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65524.
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