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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
257 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
8 October 2010
Employment effect (start)
1 November 2010
Foreseen end date
Description
On 8 October 2010, the management of automotive supplier Sealynx announced their intentions to cut 257 of 736 jobs at their plant in Charleval (Eure) beginning in November 2010. Unions at the Charlaval plant have been complaining about the relocation of production to the group's foreign sites and has indicated that they will seek to negotiate the best severance packages for the employees affected by the plan. The cuts will initially occur voluntarily.
Eurofound (2010), Sealynx Automotive, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 71065, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71065.
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