AU Optronics

Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
Czechia
Region
Česko; Jihovýchod; Jihomoravský kraj
Location of affected unit(s)
Brno
Sector
Other Services
95 - Repair and maintenance of computers, personal and household goods, and motor vehicles and motorcycles
95.2 - Repair and maintenance of personal and household goods
95.21 - Repair and maintenance of consumer electronics
New offshoring locations
Czechia
150 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
8 December 2011
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

AU Optronics, a Taiwanese LCD panel manufacturer, has announced its intention to offshore its service centre with 150 employees from Brno in the Czech Republic to Trencin in Slovakia. The move to Slovakia, where the company has a new plant, is motivated by the wish to improve coordination and the customer service for AU Optronics Slovakia.

AU Optronics has reassured that it will keep producing in the Czech Republic.

A timeline for the move has yet to be given.

Sources

  • 8 February 2012: Hospodárske noviny

Citation

Eurofound (2011), AU Optronics, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Czechia, factsheet number 73140, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/73140.