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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
New offshoring locations
Poland
160 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
8 August 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 June 2010
Description
NSK, a Japanese manufacturer of steering systems for the motoring industry, announced plans 160 dismissals with the relocation of its Peterlee operations. The capacities will be taken up by the NSSP factory in Walbrzych, Poland. According to the company, "doing so will enhance the profitability of the European steering operations. NSSP will concentrate on the production of electric power steering systems (EPS), which are experiencing a rise in demand, and will strive to meet the growing needs of the market by supplying high-quality, competitive EPS products". The transfer in Poland will be complete by the middle of 2010. The Unite union has been working with the staff and management during the consultation period.
Sources
8 August 2009: Sunderland Echo
Citation
Eurofound (2009), NSK Steering, Offshoring/Delocalisation in United Kingdom, factsheet number 69886, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69886.
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