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 Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
800 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
3 February 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 April 2009
Description
Jabil, the American producer of electronic components for TV sets and assembler of finished goods, will cut 800 jobs (out of 5,000) from its factory in Kwidzyń (which manufactures television components and other items). The job losses will be implemented by late April 2009. Jabil operates in 22 countries with a total workforce 85,000. The company has also plans to cut 3,000 jobs worldwide.
Sources
3 February 2009: Gazeta Wyborcza
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Jabil Circuit, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 68221, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68221.
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