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Manufacturing (26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products 27.4 - Manufacture of lighting equipment 27.4 - Manufacture of lighting equipment
New offshoring locations
Poland
98 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
20 September 2004
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Philips Eclairage will shed 98 jobs at its lighting equipment production site of Pont-à-Mousson (Meurthe-et-Moselle) employing 475. The production will be transferred in Pabianic (Poland) where Philips counts more than 1.500 employees. There will be no direct dismissals, but 54 voluntary departures, 42 retirement measures and 2 internal moves.
Sources
20 September 2004: Les Echos
Citation
Eurofound (2004), Philips Eclairage, Offshoring/Delocalisation in France, factsheet number 60623, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/60623.