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Other Services Repair and maintenance of computers, personal and household goods, and motor vehicles and motorcycles Repair and maintenance of personal and household goods 95.21 - Repair and maintenance of consumer electronics
New offshoring locations
Czechia
150 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
8 December 2011
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
AU Optronics, a Taiwanese LCD panel manufacturer, has announced its intention to offshore its service centre with 150 employees from Brno in the Czech Republic to Trencin in Slovakia. The move to Slovakia, where the company has a new plant, is motivated by the wish to improve coordination and the customer service for AU Optronics Slovakia.
AU Optronics has reassured that it will keep producing in the Czech Republic.
A timeline for the move has yet to be given.
Sources
8 February 2012: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2011), AU Optronics, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Czechia, factsheet number 73140, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73140.
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