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 Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Other Manufacturing 32 - Other manufacturing
393 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
17 August 2010
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2011
Foreseen end date
31 December 2011
Description
American medical supply manufacturer Becton Dickinson and Company has given notice to all 393 employees at its plant in Helsingborg, Sweden. 314 of these are blue collar workers and 70 are white collars. The lay offs are to begin in February 2011 and production will cease before the end of 2011. The shutting down of the plant in Helsingborg is due to the outsourcing of production to low salary countries. The company, that develops products for research and clinical laboratory activities, has 29,000 employees in over 50 countries.
Sources
17 August 2010: HD.se ()
Citation
Eurofound (2010), Becton Dickinson and Company, Outsourcing in Sweden, factsheet number 70829, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70829.
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