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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products 23.42 - Manufacture of ceramic sanitary fixtures
New offshoring locations
European Union
130 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
13 February 2020
Employment effect (start)
1 April 2020
Foreseen end date
30 June 2020
Description
Sanitary ceramics producer Laufen will cut 130 jobs in its production site in Wilhelmsburg, in the second quarter of 2020. Due to pricing pressure, the occupancy rate at the site has sunken below 50% of the capacity. Laufen will relocate parts of the production to its production site in Gmunden, Upper Austria, and the rest to other European locations. In conjunction with the worker's council, a social plan will be negotiated and the early warning system of the jobcentre will be activated by the end of March.
The Swiss company Laufen belongs to the Spanish Roca-Group and employs around 2,500 people around the world.
Eurofound (2020), Laufen, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Austria, factsheet number 99803, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/99803.
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