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 For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
325 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
1 July 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
BAE Systems Hägglund, a manufacturer of military vehicles, announced 24 February that 100 employees were given termination notices at the unit in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. 1 July a new announcement of notices affecting 325 employees, 225 more than the first notice, was given. The company announced that the dismissal is a direct result of Swedish Defence Materiel Administration FMV's decision to choose the "Finnish company AMV" instead of "Hägglunds SEP" to manfacture a new vehicle for the Swedish Armed Forces.
Sources
26 January 2009: Dagens Industri
Citation
Eurofound (2009), BAE Systems Hägglund, Internal restructuring in Sweden, factsheet number 69132, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69132.
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