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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products 23.11 - Manufacture of flat glass
32 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
23 April 2004
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The French multinational Sekurit Saint-Gobain company which produces glass for the automotive sector and is part of the Saint-Gobain group announced a reorganisation of its plant based in Savigliano. The job reduction should involve 17 blue-collar workers and 15 white-collar workers. Negotiations with the unions are under way. Future prospects for the Savigliano plant might be linked also to a shift to producing high-tech glass for computer screens and television sets.
Sources
23 April 2004: La Stampa
Citation
Eurofound (2004), Sekurit-Saint Gobain, Internal restructuring in Italy, factsheet number 60348, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/60348.
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