Electrolux

Type
Reshoring
Country
Poland
Reshoring from
Australia
Reshored business function
Production
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Manufacturing
(26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products
27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
No information on job gains number available
Announcement Date
11 April 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 April 2016
Foreseen end date
1 November 2016

Description

On the 11th April 2016, Electrolux will close its production facilities in Australia. All production will be relocated to various facilities overseas, causing 300 Australian employees to lose their jobs. More than two hundred employees will immediately be let go, while 90 will remain until November in order to decommission the facility. The facility had a capacity of around 1,300 fridges per day and has produced about 12 million fridges since the 1940s. Electrolux has moved its fridge production to Europe and south-east Asia, primarily Poland and Thailand.

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2016), Electrolux, Reshoring in Poland, factsheet number 225, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/225.