St Jude Medical AB

Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
Sweden
Region
Östra Sverige; Stockholm; Stockholms län
Location of affected unit(s)
Järfälla
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
Malaysia
500 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
13 May 2011
Employment effect (start)
16 May 2011
Foreseen end date
11 November 2011

Description

American manufacturer of pacemakers St Jude Medical is to relocate their production from Stockholm to Malaysia due to high costs in Sweden. The plan is to cut 500 jobs in the process; 150 R&D jobs will however remain in Sweden.  The factory in Järfälla has produced pacemakers since 1958 for a number of different owners.    

Sources

  • 13 May 2011: DN.se

Citation

Eurofound (2011), St Jude Medical AB, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Sweden, factsheet number 71969, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/71969.