Type
Relocation
Country
United Kingdom
Region
North West; Cumbria; West Cumbria
Location of affected unit(s)
Workington
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products
Manufacture Of Basic Metals
24.52 - Casting of steel

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

Description

250 jobs at the Corus plant in Workington will be lost when rail track production is switched to Scunthorpe in 2006. Corus claims rail industry demands for longer sections of track can be better met at Scunthorpe.

A Project Corus taskforce was set up after the February 2005 closure announcement to consider options for the Workington site once production transfers in 2006.


Sources

  • 18 February 2005: The Guardian
  • 4 July 2005: BBC News

Citation

Eurofound (2005), Corus, Relocation in United Kingdom, factsheet number 61913, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61913.