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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
400 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
12 April 2012
Employment effect (start)
31 December 2012
Foreseen end date
Description
On 12 April 2012, Mitsubishi announced plans to close its plant producing electric and other forklifts in Almere, Netherlands. The decision will come into force at the end of 2012, resulting in the loss of 400 jobs. The production of the electric lifts will be relocated to a plant in Finland; the other production line will be closed down. The head office and the marketing department will remain in service.
The motives for the closure are said to be unclear. According to the Mitsubishi representatives, the plant operates at a loss. The closure plans have already been submitted to the council, but the trade unions have criticized this decision.
Sources
13 April 2012: De Volkskrant
Citation
Eurofound (2012), MCFE, Closure in Netherlands, factsheet number 73636, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73636.
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