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 Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
140 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
17 March 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 May 2009
Description
Zakład Tapicerki Samochodowej, the car upholstery producer in Grójec - a member of the FSO corporate group, is planning to cut 140 jobs (out of a workforce of 300) by late May 2009. The plant's products include seats for the Chevrolet Aveo. The redundancies are associated with the difficult situation prevailing in various markets for the cars made by FSO, including Western Europe and Ukraine.
Sources
17 March 2009: Polska Agencja Prasowa Webside (www.pap.pl)
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Zakład Tapicerki Samochodowej, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 68567, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68567.
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