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 (26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
69 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
31 August 2010
Employment effect (start)
31 August 2010
Foreseen end date
31 December 2010
Description
Hidria Perles, a producer of electrical hand tools, is to lay off 69 employees at its factory in Kranj in the Gorenjska region. The company is part of the Slovenia-based Hidria Group. Before the restructuring the company employed 260 people but was forced to react to a severe reduction of orders during the economic downturn and a loss of trade to key clients.
Sources
31 August 2010: Finance
Citation
Eurofound (2010), Hidria Perles, Internal restructuring in Slovenia, factsheet number 70868, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/70868.