Type
Internal restructuring
Country
France
Region
Est; Lorraine; Meurthe-et-Moselle
Location of affected unit(s)
Batilly
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers
29.10 - Manufacture of motor vehicles

313 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
20 April 2012
Employment effect (start)
30 April 2012
Foreseen end date
1 May 2012

Description

On 20 April, Sovab, a subsidiary of car manufacturer Renault, announced to reduce its production from 500 to 422 vehicles on the 16 April. It had already decreased the production by the end of December 2011.

To make face to this decrease, the management cut 313 temporary contracts on a total of 440 by the end of April.


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2012), Sovab, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 73578, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73578.