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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
New offshoring locations
142 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
15 June 2009
Employment effect (start)
15 June 2009
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009
Description
The Finnish combine Rautaruukk is closing down its units in Hässleholm and Oskarström, Sweden, and therefore will dismiss 142 employees. The reason is that they will focus their competences and their future resources to the growth areas in Central Europe and China. "If you want to be successful in China, you have to have your manufacture and your sales office within the country. It is too time consuming to export from Europe", is a statement from the company. The two units will close by the end of 2009. The company cannot give any information as to whether the whole units are to be moved or if parts are going to be sold out to interested parties.
Sources
15 June 2009: Dagens Arbete
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Ruukki Engineering, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Sweden, factsheet number 69551, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69551.
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