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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.
142 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
7 August 2009
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2009
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009
Description
US oil and gas products and services provider Cameron International Corporation has announced that Cameron France SAS will cut by the end of December 2009 142 jobs out of 850 at its site in Beziers, southwestern France.
The measure is part of a restructuring plan on a worldwide scale aimed to cope with a 50% drop in orders since the beginning of the year caused by a decline in drilling activities.
The company´s management also reached an agreement with trade unions.
The firm said that Cameron France posted a revenue of EUR 850 million in 2008.
Cameron International Corporation, the world's 4th largest environment/waste management company by market capitalisation, is a provider of flow equipment products, systems and services to worldwide oil, gas and process industries.
Eurofound (2009), Cameron France, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 69367, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/69367.