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.
Manufacturing (26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products 26.6 - Manufacture of irradiation, electromedical and electrotherapeutic equipment 26.6 - Manufacture of irradiation, electromedical and electrotherapeutic equipment
150 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
12 April 2012
Employment effect (start)
13 April 2012
Foreseen end date
Description
Medical devices manufacturer Boston Scientific is to let go 150 fixed-term contract staff from its workforce of 2,500. The decision not to renew the employment contracts was made because new products, in relation to which they were specifically recruited, have now been launched.
Sources
13 April 2012: RTE news
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Boston Scientific, Internal restructuring in Ireland, factsheet number 73590, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/73590.