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 Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
152 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
12 February 2009
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2009
Foreseen end date
1 June 2009
Description
PKC Eesti, which manufactures wiring harnesses for motor vehicles, is to dismiss 112 workers in Keila and 40 in Haapsalu. The dismissals are due to declining demand in the motor-vehicle industry. PKC Eesti is a subsidiary of the Finnish PKC Group. All the personnel groups in the company will be affected. The company´s management claim that the factories will not be closed down in the near future, but that production volumes will be decreased.
Eurofound (2009), PKC Eesti, Internal restructuring in Estonia, factsheet number 68486, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68486.
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