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 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
144 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
16 July 2009
Employment effect (start)
1 August 2009
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009
Description
German car parts manufacturer, Kuka Systems, has announced that Kuka Systems France (KSF) is slated to shut down 2 sites in 2009. KSF plans to cut a total of 144 jobs in Montigny-le-Bretonneux and Tours in center of France between August and December 2009.
The CEO has announced that theses closures are important because the group is optimising its business in France to adapt its capacity to the decline in activity.
The unions called on employees to prepare for massive industrial action.
Eurofound (2009), Kuka Systems France (KSF), Closure in France, factsheet number 69350, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69350.
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