Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Northern Ireland;
Location of affected unit(s)
Lurgan, County Armargh
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing
Other Manufacturing
32 - Other manufacturing
New offshoring locations
Mexico, Malaysia

270 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
18 January 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Rusch, a County Armagh company based in Lurgan which manufactures medical equipment said that it is cutting 270 jobs and relocating its production to Mexico and Malaysia. The company is part of the US firm Teleflex, which has headquarters in Pennsylvania. The jobs losses at Rusch are part of a global restructuring which will result in about 1,600 job losses worldwide.


Sources

  • 18 January 2005: BBC News

Citation

Eurofound (2005), Rusch, Offshoring/Delocalisation in United Kingdom, factsheet number 61029, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61029.