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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.32 - Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
New offshoring locations
Poland
180 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
5 February 2015
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
West Midlands-based car parts manufacturer, Car Parts Industries UK, is understood to be cutting 180 jobs and relocating production to Poland. The company, which is located in Wednesbury, currently employs 260 staff, meaning that the plans will result in a reduction of about 70pc. The Unite Union has confirmed that a statutory 45 day formal consultation period has begun, and a spokesperson for the union has suggested that the decision to relocate has already been taken. The union is reporting that job cuts are the result of crude measures to reduce costs.
Sources
5 February 2015: Birmingham Post
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Car Parts Industries UK, Offshoring/Delocalisation in United Kingdom, factsheet number 78547, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/78547.
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