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 For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.32 - Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
New offshoring locations
France, Spain, Poland
122 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
13 September 2012
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
1 September 2013
Description
American-owned Tenneco, manufacturer of automotive exhaust systems, has announced that its plant in Vittaryd will be closed and all of its 122 employees will be dismissed. The decision is reported to be due to the current situation on the European market.
The production will be moved from Vittaryd to the company's other units in France, Spain and Poland.
The closure is planned to be completed by the end of September 2013.
Sources
13 September 2012: svd.se
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Tenneco, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Sweden, factsheet number 74118, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74118.
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