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.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products 22.11 - Manufacture of rubber tyres and tubes; retreading and rebuilding of rubber tyres
100 - 199 jobs Number of planned job losses
21 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
25 June 2020
Employment effect (start)
26 August 2020
Foreseen end date
Description
Dunlop Aircraft Tyres, the British company specialising in manufacturing aircraft tyres, has announced plans for a restructure that is expected to lead up to 199 redundancies and the creation of 21 new jobs at the company’s factory in Erdington, England, according to the GMB trade union.
The management justified the internal restructuring affirming that there had been a "sharp reduction" in demand for the company’s products due to the COVID-19 crisis and the company's current staffing costs were unsustainable.
A representative of the GMB trade union said the reduction in the volume of orders was likely to be only “short-term” and the union was ready for negotiations.
Dunlop Aircraft Tyres was founded in 1910 and it is currently a world-operating supplier of tyres for civil and military aircraft.
Eurofound (2020), Dunlop Aircraft Tyres, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 101313, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/101313.
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