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Manufacturing (29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment 30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment 30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment
445 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
21 April 2004
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Alstom Transport, a branch of the French multinational company Alstom which is active in the railway manufacturing and service sector, has announced a reorganisation of its manufacturing activities. Notably, the production of bogies (bogies are the rolling base onto which the rail carriage or wagon is fixed) will be discontinued in three sites out of the present five and will be concentrated in France and Germany.
Sources
22 April 2004: La Stampa
Citation
Eurofound (2004), Alstom, Internal restructuring in World, factsheet number 60349, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/60349.