Qisda Czech

Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
Czechia
Region
Česko; Jihovýchod; Jihomoravský kraj
Location of affected unit(s)
Brno
Sector
Manufacturing
(26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products
26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
New offshoring locations
China
200 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
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://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/71394.