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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
New offshoring locations
Czechia, Germany
250 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
19 September 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009
Description
German car maker Continental has announced that it is to close its production plant at Asnières (Hauts-de-Seine) in France by December 2009, which will result in the loss of 250 jobs. The production of fuel-injection pumps will be offshored to the Czech Republic and Germany. Continental has already announced the relocation of part of production at its plant in France in Rambouillet (Yvelines).
Sources
24 September 2008: Les Echos
24 September 2008: La Tribune
24 September 2008: Le Figaro
24 September 2008: Les Echos
24 September 2008: La Tribune
24 September 2008: Le Figaro
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Continental, Offshoring/Delocalisation in France, factsheet number 67119, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67119.
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