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.
Scotland; South Western Scotland; East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire Mainland
Location of affected unit(s)
Kilmarnock
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
170 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
4 November 2015
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 January 2016
Description
German-owned engineering company Mahle has announced plans to cut 170 jobs from its site in Kilmarnock. The company, which supplies parts for the automotive industry, currently employs 400 people at the Ayrshire site. It is understood that the job losses will come from the finishing unit on the site, which is expected to be closed by the end of January 2016. A formal 45 day consultation period has started. A spokesperson for the Unite union noted that the company had previously given assurances about the future of jobs at the Kilmarnock plant.
Sources
4 November 2015: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Mahle, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 85454, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/85454.
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