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 Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
New offshoring locations
200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
7 January 2011
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2011
Foreseen end date
30 June 2011
Description
On 7 January 2011, Qisda Czech (formerly known as BenQ Technologies Czech), a Taiwanese LCD monitor producer, has announced about 200 job cuts by the end of June 2011, due to the termination of its production in Brno site. The company has decided to move the production to China. Qisda has been operating in Brno since mid-2005 and has become one of the largest employers in the region. In 2008, before the global crisis, the firm employed nearly 800 people and planned to hire around 1,000 new workers in the course of 2009.
Sources
7 January 2011: MF Dnes
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Qisda Czech, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Czechia, factsheet number 71394, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71394.
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