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 Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
New offshoring locations
Uknown
120 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
17 August 2009
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2009
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009
Description
The Danish manufacturer of tabs and fixtures, Damixa in Odense, is dismissing 120 employees in order to slim the production. At the same time parts of the production are being relocated abroad, without given further specifications redarding location. The cut in staff, which also includes core employees, is necessary if Damixa wants to be competitive, according to the management in a press release dated 17 August 2009.
Eurofound (2009), Damixa, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Denmark, factsheet number 69490, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69490.
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