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.
East Midlands; Leicestershire; Rutland and Northamptonshire
Location of affected unit(s)
Daventry
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
24 January 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
28 February 2009
Description
Cummins, a firm manufacturing diesel and natural gas engines, is to cut 200 jobs at its Daventry site in Northamptonshire. The management blamed the cuts on the global economic turmoil and stated that they were necessary in order for the firm to remain competitive. The job losses will affect 100 temporary staff and they will occur by the end of February 2009.
Sources
24 January 2009: BBC News UK
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Cummins, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 67920, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67920.
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