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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
223 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
29 April 2011
Employment effect (start)
30 June 2011
Foreseen end date
30 June 2013
Description
Compuprint, leader in production of professional printers and industrial printing solutions, is to cut 250 jobs. The job-cuts will involve workers employed in its plant located in Leinì (in the province of Turin), which produces photovoltaic panels. In the plant are employed 270 workers. According to the company, the shutting of the photovoltaic panels production is due to the Italian government's decision to cut the economic incentives for renewable energies for the next years.
The trade unions reacted to the company's decision asking to the central government new incentives and policies for the renewable energy sector. Moreover they solicited the Piedmont Region involvement in order to maintain the activities in the photovoltaic sector developed by Compuprint in the region.
At the end of June, the company and the sectoral trade unions reached an agreement that envisages a reorganisational plan (with several job-cuts), instead of the closure of the plant located at Leinì. In particular, the plan provides for 223 job-cuts (out of 273 employees). For the redundant workers the agreement envisages the recourse to a two-year scheme of extraordinary Wage Guarantee Fund and to the mobility allowances.
Sources
5 May 2011: Il Quotidiano Piemontese
3 May 2011: Il Sole 24 Ore
22 June 2011: Citynews
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Compuprint, Internal restructuring in Italy, factsheet number 71919, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71919.
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