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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Material For Textiles, Apparel, Leather And Related Products Manufacture Of Wearing Apparel 14.14 - Manufacture of underwear
New offshoring locations
Serbia
340 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
20 January 2010
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2010
Foreseen end date
Description
Omsa, an Italian company which produces underwear, tights, stockings and socks for women, is to close its plant located in Faenza (in the province of Ravenna), with the consequent loss of 340 jobs. According to the trade unions, the company has planned to delocalise the production to Serbia.
In 1992 Omsa was incorporated in Golden Lady company, the most important Italian industrial group in the women's hosiery market.
Sources
17 March 2010: Il Diario del lavoro
Citation
Eurofound (2010), Omsa, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Italy, factsheet number 70316, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/70316.
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