OM

Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
Italy
Region
Sud; Puglia; Bari
Location of affected unit(s)
Modugno
Sector
Manufacturing
(28) Manufacture of machinery and equipment
28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
New offshoring locations
Germany
320 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
22 July 2011
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2011
Foreseen end date
30 April 2012

Description

Italian forklift trucks specialist OM (part of the Kion group) is to close its plant located in Modugno (in province of Bari), with the loss of 320 jobs as production will be delocalised to Hamburg (Germany).

According to the management, the delocalisation process is mainly due to the fall in production. The Modugno plant employs 320 workers, and only produces 8,340 forklift trucks per year, against a targeted production of around 15,700 units per year.

Trade unions have harshly criticised the company's decision, organising protest actions and demanding the involvement of local and national authorities in order to find alternative solutions to the delocalisation.

Sources

  • 25 July 2011: La Repubblica

Citation

Eurofound (2011), OM, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Italy, factsheet number 72214, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/72214.