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.
Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Postal And Courier Activities 53.2 - Other postal and courier activities
New offshoring locations
Germany
180 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
8 June 2009
Employment effect (start)
1 July 2009
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009
Description
EAT a subsidiary of the company DHL active in the distribution of packets is about to cut 180 jobs on its site located at Brussels Airport. The company intends to relocate a part of its activities from Brussels to Leipzig in Germany where the company established its European hub, the Airline Operator Certificate will also be transfered to the plant of Leipzig. The restructuring will concern only the staff working on the ground. This decision is part of a general plan of cost reductions of the group Deutsche Post who consider those measures necessary to maintain the competitivenss of the company in the crisis context.
Sources
9 June 2009: Le Soir
Citation
Eurofound (2009), EAT, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Belgium, factsheet number 69072, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69072.
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