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 26.51 - Manufacture of instruments and appliances for measuring, testing and navigation
226 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
29 January 2013
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2013
Foreseen end date
31 March 2013
Description
Contralco, manufacturer of breathalyzer kits for alcohol detection, has announced 226 job cuts out of a total workforce of 310. The firm will dismiss all its employees on short-term employment contracts and temporary workers.
The job cuts are due to changes in government regulation. While in 2012 it was decided that every driver was to carry breathalyser kits, this decision was reversed in 2013. According to Contralco, the company received order cancellations of 8 million breathalyzers, representing two months of production output.
Eurofound (2013), Contralco, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 74848, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74848.
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