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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
385 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
11 March 2009
Employment effect (start)
1 April 2009
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009
Description
Alro, which produces parts and accessories for motor vehicles, is to cut 385 jobs at its plant in Dilsen-Stokkem, Flanders. The lay offs are a result of a decrease in production by DAF Trucks and Scania, two automobile companies to whom Alro supplies parts. To cope with this decrease in demand, Alro had at first introduced temporary lay offs for its employees. The management finally decided to cut 385 jobs, comprised of 350 blue-collar and 35 white-collar employees.
Alro is one of the main subcontractors of the automobile industry located in Belgium.
Sources
12 March 2009: Le Soir
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Alro, Internal restructuring in Belgium, factsheet number 68492, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68492.
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