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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
90 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
20 January 2011
Employment effect (start)
1 April 2011
Foreseen end date
Description
On 20 January 2011, Panasonic Electronic Devices Slovakia announced a plan to dismiss 90 out of 515 employees in Stara Ľubovňa. Redundancies are attributed to implementation of digital TV broadcast in Slovakia, which resulted in declining orders of related TV components produced by Panasonic Slovakia. Dismissals are scheduled to start in April 2011.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Panasonic Electronic Devices Slovakia, Internal restructuring in Slovakia, factsheet number 71586, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71586.
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