The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing (26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products 26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
New offshoring locations
Malaysia
96 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
14 April 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
According to Unions sources, Augé Découpage, producer of intefaces for electronic components, is to cut 96 jobs out of 367 at its Besançon site. The dismissals are a part of a restructuring plan, which follows the opening of a subsidiary in Malaysia. This reduction comes with the suppression of the thirteenth month and short-time unemployment's measures. The worldwide turnover of Augé Découpage felt by about 25% in the first quarter of 2005 in comparaison to the same period in 2004.
Sources
14 April 2005: Les Echos
Citation
Eurofound (2005), Augé Découpage, Offshoring/Delocalisation in France, factsheet number 61466, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/61466.
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