Rowenta

Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
European Union
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Manufacturing
(26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products
27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
New offshoring locations
China
214 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
16 February 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

French company SEB is restructuring affiliate Rowenta, a manufacturer of small household goods, with the loss of 119 out of 290 jobs at the German manufacturing site at Erbach and 95 out of 1,020 jobs at Pont-Eveque in France. Negotations with the metalworkers' union IG Metall on a social plan are currently taking place.

After the purchase of Rowenta in 1987, SEB has relocated production to China. Erbach is the remaining manufacturing site in Germany.

Sources

  • 16 February 2009: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Citation

Eurofound (2009), Rowenta, Offshoring/Delocalisation in European Union, factsheet number 68212, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/68212.