GST Automotive Safety Czech

Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
Czechia
Region
Česko; Severovýchod; Pardubický kraj
Location of affected unit(s)
Jevíčko
Sector
Manufacturing
(29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment
29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories
29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories
New offshoring locations
Romania
210 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
16 November 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 April 2010

Description

In September 2009, GST Automotive Safety Czech, a passenger airbag producer, announced that it is to cut 350 jobs with the closure of the Jevíčko plant by the end of April 2010 due to the economic downturn.On 27 April 2010, the firm announced that the plant is still operating and employs about 140 people. The job losses were attributed to a gradual shifting of the production to Romania. It appears that a total of 460 workers were dismissed in the period April 2009-April 2010.

Sources

  • 16 November 2009: Právo-Východní Čechy
  • 27 April 2010: MF Dnes
  • www.pravo.cz

Citation

Eurofound (2009), GST Automotive Safety Czech, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Czechia, factsheet number 69869, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/69869.