Ericsson

Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
Ireland
Region
Ireland; Eastern and Midland; Dublin
Location of affected unit(s)
Dublin
Sector
Manufacturing
(26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products
26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
New offshoring locations
China, Poland, Sweden
300 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
5 February 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 October 2010

Description

Swedish-owned telecommunications company, Ericsson Ireland, has announced 300 redundancies at its Dublin-based plant over the next 18 months. The company has said the redundancies will all be of a compulsory nature because various activities relating to product development and product line maintenance are to be relocated overseas to China, Poland and Sweden. The company has said that workers will receive a substantial redundancy settlement.

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2009), Ericsson, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Ireland, factsheet number 68105, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/68105.