The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Ostösterreich; Niederösterreich; Wiener Umland/Südteil
Location of affected unit(s)
Traiskirchen
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products 22.11 - Manufacture of rubber tyres and tubes; retreading and rebuilding of rubber tyres
195 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
17 December 2009
Employment effect (start)
31 December 2009
Foreseen end date
31 December 2010
Description
Tyre producer Semperit will close its production facilities in Traiskirchen by the end of 2009 dismissing 195 employees. 165 workers will be laid-off by the end of 2009 and another 30 of the current 195 blue-collar staff will remain in the company until the end of 2010 in order to dismantle and clear the site.
In 2002 the parent company Continental Group had decided to shut down the tyre production at the Traiskirchen plant that has only been engaged in rubber compound operations since then. According to management, a drop in sales of tyres accounts for the closure. About 80 employees in sales and accounting will remain at the site.
Sources
17 December 2009: Der Standard ()
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Citation
Eurofound (2009), Semperit Reifen, Closure in Austria, factsheet number 70002, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70002.
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