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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Other Manufacturing 32.3 - Manufacture of sports goods
286 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
4 July 2006
Employment effect (start)
1 August 2006
Foreseen end date
29 December 2006
Description
The American group Quiksilver Inc. has announced the loss of 286 employees (2,500 in France) in two Manufactures of skis (in Isère) before the end of the year 2006. The American group considers that there is excess production capacity and that it is necessary to cut 208 jobs in Rossignol Crossey and 78 in Rossignol Sallanches. Rossignol could employ 124 people in other factories and would wish to reclassify part of the employees of Rossignol Crossey. In addition, 56 people of Crossey and 57 people of Sallanches could be in early retirement.
Sources
5 July 2006: DJ Bourse
5 July 2006: Le Figaro
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Rossignol, Relocation in France, factsheet number 63727, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63727.
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