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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
117 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
11 December 2012
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 March 2013
Description
On 11 December 2012, producer of car seats and other car equipment, Johnson Controls announced plans to cut 117 jobs in the factory in Bierun (located in the Katowice Special Economic Zone). The dismissals will be implemented by the end of March 2013.
The restructuring programme is directly assiociated with the dismissals and reduction of production announced in December 2012 in Fiat, a customer of Johnson Controls (see here).
The factory in Bierun employs 500 people.
Sources
28 January 2013: Uwa?am Rze ()
11 December 2012: Dziennik Zachodni ()
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Johnson Controls, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 74860, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74860.
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