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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27.1 - Manufacture of electric motors, generators, transformers and electricity distribution and control apparatus
65 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
21 January 2016
Employment effect (start)
26 April 2016
Foreseen end date
24 August 2016
Description
Gefran, an Italian high-tech manufacturer, is to lay off 65 employees out of a total headcount of 600 at its sites in Provaglio d’Iseo (Brescia) and Gerenzano (Varese).
The company is to implement a plan aimed at increasing productivity, and involving the discontinuation of less profitable units.
Some 39 workers will lose their job at the company headquarters and manufacturing plants in Provaglio d’Iseo, and 26 in Gerenzano, where electric drives are produced.
Negotiations with unions are already in place. Gefran posted an 11% drop in revenues in 2015, down to €115 million, and already activated Wages Guarantee Fund over the last years.
Sources
21 January 2016: Brescia Today
25 January 2016: Teleborsa
12 February 2016: Brescia Today
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Gefran, Internal restructuring in Italy, factsheet number 86500, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86500.
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