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 For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.32 - Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
300 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
28 April 2021
Employment effect (start)
28 April 2021
Foreseen end date
Description
Irish producer of automotive components Aptiv has announced that it will cut 300 jobs throughout a collective dismissal programme at its plant in Jeleśnia within the next few months. The restructuring programme aims to adjust and reorganise production activities and includes relocation of some operations to another factory in the region. The company has launched negotiations with the local trade unions on the conditions of the programme; the talks are expected to be concluded by the end of May 2021.
Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, Aptiv was founded in 1994. With presence in 44 countries, the company employs more than 180,000 people across 124 manufacturing facilities and 12 technical centres worldwide. In Poland, the company has been operating for almost 30 years. Currently, Aptiv employs 1,850 people at the Jeleśnia site.
Eurofound (2021), Aptiv, Relocation in Poland, factsheet number 104860, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/104860.
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