Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Czechia
Region
Moravskoslezsko; Moravskoslezsky;
Location of affected unit(s)
Kopřivnice
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers
29 - Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers

1,400 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
24 July 2008
Employment effect (start)
24 July 2008
Foreseen end date
31 March 2009

Description

The Czech vehicle manufacturer Tatra has announced a wide cost-reduction plan resulting in a total of 1,400 job losses at the Kopřivnice plant due to the global financial crisis and the fall in customer orders. The company has already dismissed 500 employees in 2008 and the remaining 900 workers (instead of 320 workers that were previously reported) are leaving the plant by the end of March 2009. It was reported that the total number of staff employed at the plant before the restructuring was approximately 4,400.


Sources

  • 22 December 2008: Hospodárske noviny
  • 25 November 2008: Hospodárske noviny
  • 24 July 2008: Hospodárske noviny

Citation

Eurofound (2008), Tatra, Internal restructuring in Czechia, factsheet number 66906, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66906.