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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
154 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
10 September 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009
Description
MAC Metallurgica, a company which produces panels for the automotive sector, is to close its plant located at Brescia, with the consequent loss of 154 jobs. According to the Magnetto group, i.e. the owner of MAC, the production of the Brescia plant should be relocated to the company's plants located at Chivasso, in the province of Turin.
Magnetto group is one of the world's automotive metal forming suppliers, producing upper and lower body structures, inner and outer panels, doors and lids systems. It has 14 plants and 3 R&D centres worldwide, with around 1,500 employees.
Sources
17 October 2009: Il Giornale di Brescia
Citation
Eurofound (2009), MAC Metallurgica, Relocation in Italy, factsheet number 69655, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69655.
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