Michelin

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
United Kingdom
Region
West Midlands (England); Shropshire and Staffordshire; Stoke-on-Trent
Location of affected unit(s)
Stoke-on-Trent
Sector
Manufacturing
(22 - 23) Manufacture of rubber, plastic and non-metallic minerals
22.1 - Manufacture of rubber products
22.11 - Manufacture, retreading and rebuilding of rubber tyres and manufacture of tubes
50 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
6 November 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Michelin, the multi-national group that manufactures tyres, is to cut 50 jobs at its site in Stoke-on-Trent. The Stoke site employs 400, and the jobs will be lost in a department that supplies the group’s plant in Northern Ireland. Management at the firm have stated that they are looking for volunteers for redundancy. As of November 2007, there is no information on when the job losses will be implemented by.

Sources

  • 6 November 2007: BBC News

Citation

Eurofound (2007), Michelin, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 66018, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/66018.