Société de Véhicules Automobiles de Batilly

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
France
Region
Grand Est; Lorraine; Meurthe-et-Moselle
Location of affected unit(s)
Batilly
Sector
Manufacturing
(29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment
29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
29.10 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
313 - 340 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
4 April 2012
Employment effect (start)
23 April 2012
Foreseen end date
30 April 2012

Description

Sovab, a manufacturer of commercial vehicles from Renault, has announced its decision to substantially reduce the production. The temporary workers, which represent 440 people of the total workforce of 2,806 employees, will be the first to be hit by this measure. It was announced that up to 340 of the temporary workers are to be dismissed by the end of April 2012.

UPDATE, 20.04.2012: Some 313 employees have been so far dismissed.

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2012), Société de Véhicules Automobiles de Batilly, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 73500, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/73500.