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Professional Services Scientific, Architectural And Engineering Technical Activities Scientific Research And Development 72.19 - Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
178 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
14 January 2016
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The television maker TP Vision has organised a special Works Council to announce a collective dismissal of 178 of the 238 jobs at its Zwijnaarde facility. The affected employees are high skilled engineers and IT-specialists. The establishment in Zwijnaarde will become a technical support department.
The trade unions as well as local politicians (the Mayor Daniël Termont and his economics advisor Mathias De Clercq) have asked for extra information. Only eighteen months ago, TP Vision facility was moved from Bruges to the Technology Park in Ghent. The objective was the development of a research centre on the ‘TV of tomorrow’.
The Flemish Agency of Innovation has reacted sharply. TP Vision had been promised it would receive support subsidies for the planned innovation research. As the support was linked to the employment, those subsidies already paid will be reclaimed and those not yet paid will be cancelled.
Sources
14 January 2016: De Standaard
15 January 2016: De Tijd
Citation
Eurofound (2016), TP Vision, Internal restructuring in Belgium, factsheet number 86139, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86139.
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