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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
310 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
27 June 2008
Employment effect (start)
1 August 2008
Foreseen end date
31 December 2010
Description
Valeo Systemes Thermiques, the French manufacturer of heating systems for the car industry , has announced that it plans to reduce the number of personnel at its production site in La Suze-sur-Sarthe by 310 in the 2008-2011 period.
The plants currently employs 670 workers plus another 60 temporary workers whose contracts will not be renewed.
The direction attributed the job losses (only 38 job cuts were foreseen three months ago) to a reduction in orders and the loss of contracts.
Sources
19 June 2008: Ouest France
25 June 2008: Ouest France
27 June 2008: Investir.fr
14 June 2008: Ouest France
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Valeo Systemes Thermiques, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 66805, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66805.
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