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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27.32 - Manufacture of other electronic and electric wires and cables
120 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
27 February 2015
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Power cables producer Prysmian announced the closure of the Ascoli Piceno site, which employs 120 workers.The company employs about 2,000 workers in nine Italian plants, which have been suffering a reduction of domestic demand for three years, resulting in budget losses and contraction of production. Wages Guarantee Funds have been already activated at the Italian sites and are to expire in March 2015.
The unions called for a strike and said that the decision was taken after the company had received public subsidies to invest in another Italian plant. Unions asked for a meeting with the company management over its investment intentions concerning Ascoli Piceno and the other Italian sites.
Sources
27 February 2015: Prima pagina online
1 March 2015: Corriere Adriatico
10 March 2015: Rassegna
12 March 2015: Il Sole 24 Ore
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Prysmian, Closure in Italy, factsheet number 79128, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/79128.
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