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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
New offshoring locations
Turkey
150 - 175 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
21 March 2006
Employment effect (start)
1 August 2006
Foreseen end date
28 February 2007
Description
Vestfrost,the Danish freezer/refrigerator manufacturer,in Esbjerg will relocate a part of the production to Turkey. Between 150-175 workplaces wil be afftected. The relocation, mainly the production of refrigerators, will take place from late summer 2006 until end of February 2007. The shop steward and the management are establishing jobcentres at the plant and a special 'spouse agreement' will secure that married couples are not both dismissed.
Sources
21 March 2006: ()
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Vestfrost, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Denmark, factsheet number 63192, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63192.
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