Schneider Electric

Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
France
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Manufacturing
(26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products
27.1 - Manufacture of electric motors, generators, transformers and electricity distribution and control apparatus
27.12 - Manufacture of electricity distribution and control apparatus
New offshoring locations
Thailand
200 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
18 June 2014
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
1 January 2016

Description

The European multinational electrical equipment manufacturer Schneider Electric has announced to its employees’ representatives a reorganisation plan for its French plants. The group will relocate partially the production and cut about 200 positions on a total workforce of 20.000 in France by 2016.

As reported the cost-cutting restructuring is linked to the need to increase its production in countries where the demand is stronger than in France.

Sources

  • 18 June 2014: L'usine Nouvelle
  • 19 June 2014: Le Figaro

Citation

Eurofound (2014), Schneider Electric, Offshoring/Delocalisation in France, factsheet number 77214, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/77214.