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 Other Transport Equipment 30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment
1,362 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
18 March 2004
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
1 October 2006
Description
Bombardier Transportation manufactures trains. In the UK, it has sites in : Derby (2000), Crewe (1000), Wakefield (350), Doncaster (150), Ilford and Plymouth. On 30 October 2003, there were already rumours of site closure: 170 jobs had already been lost in the previous weeks, and there were serious concerns about the Derby plant, which faced an order gap of 3 years. On 8 January 2004, Kim Howells, the transport minister, said he considered the prospect of government support to maintain activity on the Derby plant. Unions were pressing government for some time to find interim contracts between 2004 and 2008. Despite these reactions, on 18 March 2004, Bombardier announced a major European restructuring of its train operations. 1,362 jobs were to go in the UK, as three plants were to close. The Derby bogie plant and the Doncaster maintenance depot would close in 2004, while the Wakefield works refurbishing coaches for GNER would shut in 2005. 200 of the 255 jobs at the small Derby bogie plant would be transferred to the town's other works, which employed 2,301. The town would lose a total of 607 jobs. There would be 1,500 job losses in Germany, 1,350 in Switzerland, 630 in Sweden and 400 in Portugal.
Sources
17 March 2004: The Guardian
17 March 2004: The Financial Times
18 March 2004: The Guardian
8 January 2004: The Guardian
Citation
Eurofound (2004), Bombardier Transportation, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 59242, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/59242.
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