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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
47 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
19 February 2009
Employment effect (start)
1 November 2008
Foreseen end date
28 February 2009
Description
Hidria AET, which manufactures electronic equipment for motor vehicles, in Tolmin, Slovenia, had laid off 47 of its 300 employees. Hidria AET is a company producing electrical and electronic equipment for motor vehicles (systems for cold start of diesel engines, electronics to support ignition systems, hybrids and electonic flywheel magnetos, ceramic components for automotive program, tools and devices). It is located in the town of Tolmin in the Goriška region of Slovenia. The company is part of the Slovenia-based Hidria Group. At the end of 2008 it employed 300 people, but recently reduced the number of employees by 47, because the orders have reduced by 35%.
Sources
19 February 2009: Delo
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Hidria AET, Internal restructuring in Slovenia, factsheet number 68273, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68273.
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