Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
Denmark
Region
Roskilde amt;
Location of affected unit(s)
Hårlev; Vassingerød
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing
Other Manufacturing
32 - Other manufacturing
New offshoring locations
Slovakia

500 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
4 March 2005
Employment effect (start)
1 April 2005
Foreseen end date
1 April 2007

Description

Unomedical, producing medical instruments, decided in March 2005 to relocate parts of the production from Zealand, Denmark, to countries with lower wages. Two of four factories are closed and 500 employees will be made redundant by 2007. The production at the Hårlev factory with 300 employees and at the Vassingerød factory (150 employees) will be moved to a new factory in Slovakia.


Sources

  • 4 March 2005: Politiken

Citation

Eurofound (2005), Unomedical, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Denmark, factsheet number 61323, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61323.