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Manufacturing (24 - 25) Manufacture of metals 25.9 - Manufacture of other fabricated metal products 25.93 - Manufacture of wire products, chain and springs
186 - 200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
3 October 2012
Employment effect (start)
1 November 2012
Foreseen end date
1 April 2013
Description
On 22 October 2012, Hyosung Wire announced the closure of its plant on the 1st of April 2013, making up to 200 employees redundant. Of the 200 employees, 14 will stay at the site for storage and sales activities. 23 are reported to go on to early retirement.
In 2011, the Korean group Hyosung took over the plant, which is specialized in the production of metal cable for tires, from Goodyear.
Eurofound (2012), Hyosung Wire, Closure in Luxembourg, factsheet number 74272, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/74272.