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.
Retail Wholesale Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Wholesale Of Information And Communication Equipment 46.51 - Wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 February 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 June 2010
Description
Esplex, a company of the Acer Corporation of Taiwan, plans to transfer its facilities from Plymouth, England and from Angers, France to Wrocław. The new Esplex centre in Wrocław will repair and sell computers and components; it is expected to hire 200 persons by mid 2010. The Plymouth facility, meanwhile, will lose 140 jobs as of March 2009; the company has attributed this move to the lower operating costs in Poland.
Sources
15 February 2009: Gazeta Wyborcza
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Esplex, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 68219, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68219.
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