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 Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
New offshoring locations
Romania
176 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
31 March 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 June 2009
Description
176 jobs will be lost at Steinel Elektronik, a Germany-based manufacturer of sensor lamps and hot-air guns, which will close its Czech site by the end of June 2009. The firm has decided to move the production to Romania as a consequence of the global economic crisis. The production at the company second Czech site in Liberec is still running.
Sources
31 March 2009: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Steinel Elektronik, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Czechia, factsheet number 68647, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68647.
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