Schefenacker Visions Systems

Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
Germany
Region
Baden-Württemberg;
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Manufacturing
(26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products
27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
New offshoring locations
Slovenia
500 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
17 September 2007
Employment effect (start)
17 September 2007
Foreseen end date
17 September 2010

Description

Schefenacker Visions Systems, a subsidiary of the UK based Schefenacker Group and a supplier of lights to the automotive industry, has announced that it is to cut up to 500 jobs at its four German sites by September 2010. 450 of the 500 jobs will be ‘offshored’ to Slovenia, whilst the 50 other jobs will be transferred to a ‘rescue company’. The announcement was made on 17th September 2007 and follows an agreement with the German metalworkers union IG Metall. Schefenacker Visions Systems employs 1260 in Germany. None of the firm’s four sites in Germany are to be closed.

Sources

  • 17 September 2007: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
  • 17 September 2007: Handelsblatt

Citation

Eurofound (2007), Schefenacker Visions Systems, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Germany, factsheet number 65817, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/65817.