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 Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27.32 - Manufacture of other electronic and electric wires and cables
New offshoring locations
114 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
18 September 2020
Employment effect (start)
30 September 2020
Foreseen end date
Description
Rogers Bv, part of the American Rogers Corporation group and a manufacturer of electronic equipment, has announced shifts within production lines of the larger group. These changes will lead to a dismissal of approximately 114 employees at the facility in Evergem. Several production lines of the facility will be moved to China in the near future. The company management states that the changes are part of a larger effort to re-orient the facility in Evergem. This could possibly lead to a new production line at the facility, which in turn could lead to 33 new jobs in the future. Trade unions are currently negotiating different options and scenarios with regards to the dismissals.
Eurofound (2020), Rogers, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Belgium, factsheet number 101827, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/101827.
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