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 Repair And Installation Of Machinery And Equipment Repair And Installation Of Machinery And Equipment 33.2 - Installation of industrial machinery and equipment
New offshoring locations
Czechia
166 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
13 May 2014
Employment effect (start)
18 August 2014
Foreseen end date
31 March 2015
Description
Alliance, a producer of industrial washing machines, is relocating the production for the European market to the Czech Republic. The establishment in Wevelgem will lose 166 of the 205 jobs between August 2014 and March 2015. About 40 jobs will be kept in Wevelgem for the sales and distribution services.
Sources
13 May 2014: De Tijd
13 May 2014: De Standaard
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Alliance Wevelgem, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Belgium, factsheet number 77035, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77035.
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