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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
168 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
30 May 2011
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Continental del Gaucho, manufacturer of motor vehicle components, has announced the closure of its plant in Coslada (Madrid) dismissing 168 employees. An agreement with the work council has not been reached yet. The Council arrogates that the jobs should be all maintained either by relocating staff to other plants on Spain or by selling the plant as a whole to a competitor.
Continental del Gaucho is a subsidiary of the German multinational Continental Group.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Continental Industrias del Caucho, Closure in Spain, factsheet number 72103, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72103.
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