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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.10 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
New offshoring locations
North Macedonia
161 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
11 March 2016
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The parent company of EOS Coach Manufacturing Company located in Bree announced the closure of the manufacturing plant and the dismissal of all of the 161 workers. According to the management, the company has been operating at a loss for the past three years and there were no new orders placed for the second half of 2016. It is foreseen that the production will be moved to Macedonia where the company has opened a production facility and where labour costs are much lower. The company anticipated a social plan which would provide early retirement possibilities.
Sources
11 March 2016: TVL.be
Citation
Eurofound (2016), EOS Coach Manufacturing Company, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Belgium, factsheet number 88540, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88540.
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