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.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
9 January 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
ASM International, which produces semiconductor equipment, announced on the 9th January 2009 that it will cut 200 jobs in Almere, in the Netherlands. The job cuts are due to a relocation of manufacturing and operational procurement activities from the Netherlands to Singapore. Following this relocation, only 350 jobs (out of a total of almost 12,000 worldwide) will remain in Europe.
Sources
9 January 2009: NRC Handelsblad
Citation
Eurofound (2009), ASM Lithography (ASML), Relocation in Netherlands, factsheet number 68072, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68072.
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