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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
29 September 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009
Description
Federal Mogul, a company that supplies products, services and solutions to the automotive sector, is to close its plant located at Desenzano del Garda (in the province of Brescia), with the consequent loss of 200 jobs. The plant produces pistons.
The trade unions reacted to the company's decision by going out on strike. They asked to meet the company's managers in order to find alternative solutions to the closure of the plant.
Sources
1 October 2009: BresciaOggi
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Federal Mogul, Closure in Italy, factsheet number 69654, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69654.
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