TRW Automotive

Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
Germany
Region
Baden-Württemberg; Karlsruhe; Rhein-Neckar-Kreis
Location of affected unit(s)
St Leon-Rot
Sector
Manufacturing
(29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment
29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories
29.32 - Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
New offshoring locations
Poland
300 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
19 March 2013
Employment effect (start)
19 March 2013
Foreseen end date
31 December 2013

Description

US-based automotive supplier TRW Automotive will close its site in St. Leon-Rot (Germany). The plant produces airbags and employs 300 people. TRW Automotive will relocate the production of the German plant to Poland and other unspecified countries. Worldwide, TRW employs 70,000 people. For previously reported restructuring events in TRW Automotive please see TRW-FR2013, TRW-IT2012, TRW-PO2012a, TRW-PO2012b, TRW-CZ2008, TRW-AU2008, TRW-UK2006, TRW-SK2006, TRW-UK2005a,  TRW-UK2005b, TRW-ES2005,  TRW-PO2004 and TRW Case study 2004.

Sources

  • 19 March 2013: Mannheimer Morgen (online)

Citation

Eurofound (2013), TRW Automotive, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Germany, factsheet number 75188, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/75188.