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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30.11 - Building of ships and floating structures
European Globalisation Fund (EGF)
Year: 2014, Case number: 8
670 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
16 September 2013
Employment effect (start)
1 November 2013
Foreseen end date
30 June 2014
Description
Shipbuilding company STX Finland announced plans to cut up to 700 FTE jobs by closing its Rauma shipyard and centralizing its operations to Turku.
As announced, 600 jobs will be lost after the closure of the site in Rauma and 100 ones due to the restructuring in the Turku site.
STX Finland's two shipyards in Rauma and Turku have been suffering from shortage of new orders. According to the sources, although the Rauma shipyard was in a better position, the company decided to move its activities to Turku and close down the Rauma site.
Employees at the Rauma site protested with a walk-out. The company and authorities have promised extra support for the Rauma region.
Updated, 05-11-2013: STX Finland has confirmed the closure of the Rauma shipyard. As a result, 620 employees will be dismissed from the Rauma site and 50 ones from the Turku site, where the company will continue its activities. Additionally, 80 workers will be redeployed in the Turku site.
Updated, 14-10-2014: Finland has applied for support by the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to help 565 former workers of the shipyards to find new jobs. Application is pending for final approval.
Sources
5 November 2013: Taloussanomat
16 September 2013: YLE News
16 September 2013: Taloussanomat
14 October 2014: European Commission
Citation
Eurofound (2013), STX Finland, Closure in Finland, factsheet number 75871, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75871.
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