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 Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products 22.11 - Manufacture of rubber tyres and tubes; retreading and rebuilding of rubber tyres
New offshoring locations
Various EU Locations
241 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
9 January 2014
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Tyre firm Dunlop motorsports has indicated that it intends to close its operations in Birmingham and to move production to France and Germany with the loss of 241 jobs.
The government has announced that it is prepared to offer financial support for Dunlop to find a new UK site for its operations. The company has rejected previous offers by Birmingham City Council and the UK Business Secretary to help it to find a new location within the city.
Sources
28 February 2014: Birmingham Post
9 January 2014: Birmingham Post
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Dunlop Motorsport, Offshoring/Delocalisation in United Kingdom, factsheet number 76514, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76514.
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