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 Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26.11 - Manufacture of electronic components
400 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
17 July 2012
Employment effect (start)
31 August 2012
Foreseen end date
Description
On 17 July 2012 Sanyo, manufacturer of solar panels, notified 400 of its employees in Dorog, Hungary, about their dismissal. The dismissals are to be implemented in the end of August 2012, which was also confirmed by a representative of the trade unions.
Sanyo opened its site in Dorog in 1999, first assembling air conditioners, mobile phones, hand-made batteries and rechargeable batteries. Today there are 1,100 employees, whose main activity is the production of solar panels.
Sources
25 July 2012: Heti Világ Gazdaság
25 July 2012: Munkaügyes
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Sanyo, Internal restructuring in Hungary, factsheet number 74026, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74026.
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