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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27.4 - Manufacture of electric lighting equipment
115 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
27 August 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Fagerhult, which manufactures lighting for public environments, will dismiss 115 employees due to the closure of plants in Falkenberg and Borås. 61 employees in Falkenberg, of which 45 are blue collar and 54 are employees in Borås, of which 37 are blue collar will be made redundant. According to the company, the redundancies are a result of over-capacity. Some of the work will be offshored to the group's factory in Suzhous, China, but most of the manufacturing is now moving to locations in Habo and Åhus.
Sources
27 August 2009: Dagens Arbete
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Fagerhult, Relocation in Sweden, factsheet number 69558, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69558.
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