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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
New offshoring locations
132 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
27 April 2011
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2011
Description
Scanfil EMS, a Finnish contract manufacturer and system supplier for the telecommunications and electronics industries, has announced plans to cut up to 170 jobs. The company has started negotiations with employee representatives on the proposed job cuts.
Scanfil EMS operates in two locations in Finland, and the proposed cuts may include closing its factory in Vantaa. Scanfil's Finnish units employed approximately 450 persons in 2010. It has other sites in Estonia, Hungary, and China.
Updated, 9-6-2011: Scanfil EMS has concluded negotiations and decided to lay off 132 workers, 129 from its Vantaa factory and cut another 3 administrative jobs in Sievi. Production will be relocated from Vantaa to China.
Sources
27 April 2011: Tekniikka & Talous
27 April 2011: Taloussanomat
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Scanfil EMS, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Finland, factsheet number 71930, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71930.
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