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Manufacturing (29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment 29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories 29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories
200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
27 August 2009
Employment effect (start)
26 August 2009
Foreseen end date
Description
Akuma, a car storage battery manufacturer with 100-year-old tradition, has announced 200 job losses with the closure of the site in Mladá Boleslav due to a sharp decline of customer orders. The foreign owner of the plant from Italian Fiamm Group also confirmed the decision to close one of two sites in Italy and concentrate the production in only one Italian plant.
Eurofound (2009), Akuma, Closure in Czechia, factsheet number 69463, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/69463.