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 Electrical Equipment 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
950 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
3 February 2011
Employment effect (start)
3 February 2011
Foreseen end date
30 June 2011
Description
On 3 February 2011 Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems, an automotive components and wiring harnesses manufacturer, announced it will dismiss 950 production workers in its factory in Leszno. The cuts will be conducted by the end of June 2011. The company plans to keep only the technical department where 50 people are employed. The company's spokesman claimed that declining orders and crisis in the automotive market were the main reasons behind the job losses. For the same reason the company closed its factory in Rawicz in 2009, when about 1,200 workers lost their job.
Sources
4 February 2011: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł
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Citation
Eurofound (2011), Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 71560, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71560.
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