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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
70 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
14 January 2009
Employment effect (start)
30 January 2009
Foreseen end date
30 January 2010
Description
Due to a substantial decline in demand, Z-lyften ProduKion - ZEPRO is forced to give notice to 70 employees. Before the notice, the company employed 280 staff. Z-lyften manufactures tail lifts and taillift products for trucks and semi trailers, under the brand name ZEPRO-lifts. Tail lifts are permanently placed to the back of a truck to facilitate the handling of goods from ground level, or a loading dock, to the level of the vehicle. All ZEPRO-lifts are manufactured at the factory in Bispsgården, nine miles northwest of Sundsvall.
Sources
15 January 2009: Svenska Dagbladet
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Z-lyften Produktion, Internal restructuring in Sweden, factsheet number 68203, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68203.
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