Vidox

Type
Closure
Country
Slovakia
Region
Slovensko; Stredné Slovensko; Žilinský kraj
Location of affected unit(s)
Nižná nad Oravou
Sector
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
300 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
10 May 2006
Employment effect (start)
10 May 2006
Foreseen end date

Description

Slovak producer of electronic components for TV tubes Vidox stoped the production in its plant in Nižná nad Oravou. According to the local trade union organisation chair Mr Marián Cvanciger, around 300 employees were dismissed there. Most of them have problems with getting some job in the region with high unemployment. Radical reduction of production in Vidox plant was caused by decreased demand for clasical TV tubes to which the plant produced components. Its main customer was the Czech CTC Company in Rožňov pod Radhoštem that finished the production of such tubes.

Sources

  • 10 May 2006: Hospodárske noviny

Citation

Eurofound (2006), Vidox, Closure in Slovakia, factsheet number 63469, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/63469.