The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Repair And Installation Of Machinery And Equipment Repair And Installation Of Machinery And Equipment 33.2 - Installation of industrial machinery and equipment
215 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
4 October 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 June 2008
Foreseen end date
Description
Woodhead Connectivity, a firm that manufactures electrical equipment for industrial machinery controls, is to close its Ebbw Vale site with the loss of 215 jobs. The decision was made by the firm’s parent company, Molex Incorporated, who had announced a ‘rationalisation’ programme in May 2007. The closure of the site is to be implemented by June 2008. Woodhead Connectivity has operated in Ebbw Vale since 1973.
Sources
25 May 2007: BBC News
4 October 2007: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Woodhead Connectivity, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 65892, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65892.
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