Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
The Canadian group Industries Dorel, owner of Dorel France, has specialised in articles for child welfare and the manufacturing of prams and pushchairs since 2003. On 31 January 2007, Dorel France announced the loss of 113 jobs between March and December 2007 in the company's French factory in Cholet, in the west of France. High production costs are given as the main reason for the job cuts. In the next years, the company, producer of brands such as Bébé Confort, Babidéal, Baby Relax, Maxi Cosy or Quinny, will transfer almost all of its production to Portugal and China. After discussions with the trade unions, the CEO of DOREL France announced on 25 April that there would be 109 dismissals, as opposed to the initially announced 113.
Eurofound (2007), Dorel, Offshoring/Delocalisation in France, factsheet number 64856, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/64856.