Ecco'Let

Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
Portugal
Region
Continente; Norte; Área Metropolitana do Porto
Location of affected unit(s)
Santa Maria da Feira
Sector
Manufacturing
(13 - 15) Manufacture of textiles, apparel and leather
15 - Manufacture of leather and related products of other materials
15 - Manufacture of leather and related products of other materials
New offshoring locations
Indonesia, China, Thailand
180 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
27 January 2009
Employment effect (start)
26 January 2009
Foreseen end date

Description

The Danish textile company Ecco'Let located in Santa Maria da Feira has announced the collective dismissal of 180 workers out of a total workforce of 300. Employees working in production are set to leave the company on 24th April 2009 while the others in October 2009.

Ecco'Let will offer redundant workers a severance pay amounting to 1.25 month wages per year of service. A trade union representative drew attention to the fact that the company has recently received funding from the European Union to enhance production. Production will be transferred to other plants in Indonesia, Thailand and China.

The Portuguese authorities applied for aid from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF).

Sources

  • 27 January 2009: Jornal de Notícias

Citation

Eurofound (2009), Ecco'Let, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Portugal, factsheet number 68359, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/68359.