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 Material For Textiles, Apparel, Leather And Related Products Manufacture Of Textiles 13 - Manufacture of textiles
New offshoring locations
Sri Lanka
770 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
17 March 2009
Employment effect (start)
17 March 2009
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009
Description
On 17 March 2009, Ahlers - a German manufacturer of men's clothing - announced that it would cut 770 jobs out of 2,800 worldwide. In Germany, 99 employees are affected out of a total of 730. However, most of the jobs will be lost at the company's sites in Poland. At the end of March 2009, two Polish production sites are to be closed down affecting 650 jobs. In additon, another 20 jobs will be reduced at another Polish site. Due to rising wage costs, the production is to be relocated to Sri Lanka.
Sources
20 March 2009: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
18 March 2009: Handelsblatt
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Ahlers, Offshoring/Delocalisation in European Union, factsheet number 68543, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68543.
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