The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Manufacture Of Furniture 31.01 - Manufacture of office and shop furniture
New offshoring locations
Czechia
265 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
17 October 2013
Employment effect (start)
15 March 2014
Foreseen end date
15 March 2015
Description
Office furniture manufacturer Steelcase is to close its site in Durlangen (Baden-Wurttemberg) and make all 265 staff redundant. Production is to be relocated incrementally to Ostrov u Stribra, Czech Republic.
Relocation is to start in spring 2014 and shall be completed within a year.
According to the management, the offshoring is part of a cost-reduction strategy in a highly competitive market.
The company announced to engage in negotiations with trade unions to make redundancies socially acceptable.
Steelcase group is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and employs about 10,000 staff worldwide. Steelcase runs another site in Rosenheim (Bavaria), which is not to be affected by the restructuring.
Sources
17 October 2013: Steelcase (Press Release)
18 October 2013: Econo
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Steelcase, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Germany, factsheet number 76089, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76089.
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