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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
150 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
5 February 2010
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
FULGOR, a company manufacturing electric cables, is to cut 150 jobs at its Korinthia site.
The company announced on 5 February 2010 a reorganisation plan that envisages 150 job losses to be implemented in the following months.
FULGOR has a dominant position in the sector of electric cables in Greece. The main scope of its activities is the production of most cable types, nude conductors and also copper rods - aluminum rods.
FULGOR employs a total of 453 people (data of 2006) allocated to the company´s premises and to the head office in Athens. Fulgor's premises are located on a privately-owned area of 190,000 sq.m in Sousaki Korinthias, 80km west of Athens and it is the biggest industrial group in this field in Greece.
Sources
9 February 2010: Rizospastis
Citation
Eurofound (2010), FULGOR, Internal restructuring in Greece, factsheet number 70242, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70242.
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