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 For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.10 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
183 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
28 January 2014
Employment effect (start)
3 February 2014
Foreseen end date
24 February 2014
Description
Coach manufacturer Carrier is bankrupt and will make all of its 183 employees redundant. The company’s liquidation was approved by commercial court of Alençon.
The company was placed in receivership on 4 November 2013 but failed to find a buyer until January 2014. According the management, the company has lost EUR 7 million in the past two last years with a turnover of about EUR 21 million.
The company’s production reached about 350 to 400 coaches per year.
Sources
28 January 2014: Usine Nouvelle
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Carrier, Bankruptcy in France, factsheet number 76539, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76539.
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