Trelleborg

Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
Sweden
Region
Södra Sverige; Småland med öarna;
Location of affected unit(s)
Mörbylånga, Forsheda
Sector
Manufacturing
(29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment
29 - Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
29 - Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
New offshoring locations
Estonia
110 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
40 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
29 August 2007
Employment effect (start)
3 September 2007
Foreseen end date
30 September 2008

Description

Trelleborg, a firm that operates in the motor sector, is to close its site in Mörbylånga with the loss of 110 jobs. 40 of the jobs lost will be 'outsourced' to the Swedish town of Forsheda, whilst another 70 will be 'offshored' to Estonia. The plant in Mörbylånga produces trailers. Firms that purchase the trailers include Scania and Volvo.

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2007), Trelleborg, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Sweden, factsheet number 65732, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/65732.