Fonderies et Ateliers du Bélier (FAB)

Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
France
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine; Aquitaine; Gironde
Location of affected unit(s)
Vérac (Gironde)
Sector
Manufacturing
(29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment
29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories
29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories
New offshoring locations
Hungary
177 - 184 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
8 June 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
29 December 2006

Description

The French group 'Le Bélier' has decided to cut between 177 and 184 jobs in its single French factory in the South-west of France before January 2007. Fonderies et Ateliers du Bélier (FAB)transforms metals for the automobile industry in Vérac (663 employees). The group, with factories in South America and South-east Asia, has announced that its metallurgical activities of automobile subcontracting will be produced in Hungary. The trade unions have disputed this decision (delocalisation) and wanted that the activity is maintained in South-west France.

Sources

  • 15 June 2006: Sud Ouest

Citation

Eurofound (2006), Fonderies et Ateliers du Bélier (FAB), Offshoring/Delocalisation in France, factsheet number 63631, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/63631.