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.
Wales; South East Wales; Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
Location of affected unit(s)
Blackburn
Sector
Manufacturing (26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products 26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products 26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
New offshoring locations
Germany
260 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
31 March 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009
Description
CD manufacturer EDC, is to shut down its plant in Blackburn, Lancashire with a loss of 260 jobs. It will move operations to Hannover, Germany where it has a manufacturing and distribution plant. The closure will be completed by the end of 2009 when all notice periods will have been worked out at the unit.
The decision by managemnt of EDCI Holdings, Inc., which is the holding company for Entertainment Distribution Company, Inc., the majority shareholder of Entertainment Distribution Company (EDC), came after an extensive feasiblity study into the consolidation of the two plants.
Eurofound (2009), EDC, Offshoring/Delocalisation in United Kingdom, factsheet number 68672, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/68672.
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