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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
1,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
27 May 2013
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2013
Foreseen end date
Description
US car manufacturer Ford is to create 1,000 new jobs at its plant in in Almussafes (Spain). The expansion follows the decision to close the company's plant at Genk (see Ford-BE2012) to take place in 2014 and the transfer of production of some models to the Spanish plant. The company will re-introduce the night shift as of 1st September 2013. This measure is part of an agreement signed with the unions in April. For a previously announced restructuring see Ford-ES2009.
Sources
27 May 2013: ABC
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Ford, Business expansion in Spain, factsheet number 75458, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75458.
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