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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26.1 - Manufacture of electronic components and boards
267 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
18 June 2012
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2012
Foreseen end date
31 December 2012
Description
Photovoltech, a company specializing in the production of photovoltaic panels, announced plans to close its plant and cut the 267 jobs. According to the management, the decision to close the firm comes from the overcapacity of production, the 'war of prices' and the global competition, including Asian low cost products.
The 'Renault' procedure will be employed to define whether the company would close and if not - how many workers would be made redundant. The decisions are to be made by the end of 2012.
The management and the shareholders also declared that if jobs are lost, they will do everything to help the affected workers to find another placement. In the first place - within the shareholders' groups (GDF Suez and Total).
Sources
18 June 2012: La Libre
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Photovoltech, Closure in Belgium, factsheet number 73779, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73779.
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