Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Poland
Region
Poludniowy; Slaskie; Centralny slaski
Location of affected unit(s)
Gliwice
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers
29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles

500 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
9 March 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009

Description

The Opel automobile plant in Gliwice is to cut 250 jobs (out of a workforce of 2,850) by late May 2009. In December 2008, the operations were slowed down from a three-shift system to two shifts in the face of falling orders and the resulting need to reduce output.

The redundandies in Opel factory in Gliwice will be enlarged; by the end of 2009 500 people will be dismissed.


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2009), Opel, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 68474, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68474.