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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Basic Metals 24.44 - Copper production
New offshoring locations
Italy, Germany
215 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
13 June 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
29 December 2006
Description
Tréfimétaux (Italian group KME), specialist in copper, has announced the loss of 215 jobs on the site of Sérifontaine (268 jobs). The CEO has decided to transfer its activities of production to Italy and Germany before the end of the year 2006. The group aims to optimize productivity because the competition from South Asia and Eastern Europe is very important. The 53 jobs that will remain will be primarily 'sales representatives'. According to trade unions, who oppose this decision, some jobs could be shifted to the two other French sites of the group (Orne and Ardennes).
Sources
14 June 2006: Le Parisien
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Tréfimétaux, Offshoring/Delocalisation in France, factsheet number 63626, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63626.
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