BT Products

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Sweden
Region
Östra Sverige; Östra Mellansverige; Östergötlands län
Location of affected unit(s)
Mjölby
Sector
Manufacturing
(28) Manufacture of machinery and equipment
28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
209 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
22 January 2009
Employment effect (start)
22 January 2009
Foreseen end date
22 July 2009

Description

BT products, producer of warehouse trucks, gave notice to 209 employees in Mjölby. Out of the 209 reductioins, 168 are dismissals and the remaining 41 are either normal retirements or other agreements which included economic compensation for voluntary separations.

The BT Products factory in Sweden is one of the largest warehouse truck manufacturing facilities in the world with a workforce of 1,500 employees. Their product development & manufacturing ranges from hand pallet trucks to powered pallet trucks, stackers and reach trucks.

Sources

  • 23 January 2009: Dagens Industri
  • 23 January 2009: Svenska Dagbladet

Citation

Eurofound (2009), BT Products, Internal restructuring in Sweden, factsheet number 68733, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/68733.