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 Manufacture Of Material For Textiles, Apparel, Leather And Related Products Manufacture Of Textiles 13.9 - Manufacture of other textiles
250 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
24 March 2010
Employment effect (start)
31 May 2010
Foreseen end date
31 May 2010
Description
Prevent Global, manufacturer of car seat covers is to close its factory in Mirna na Dolenjskem in the Jugovzhodna Slovenija region. The existing contract with Volkswagen will expire by the end of May and the owner is not able to acquire new orders. According to the management, production is gradually moving to countries with lower labor costs. As a result, by the end of May 2010, 250 employees, all women, will lose their jobs.
Sources
24 March 2010: Delo
Citation
Eurofound (2010), Prevent, Closure in Slovenia, factsheet number 70348, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70348.
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