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 Material For Textiles, Apparel, Leather And Related Products Manufacture Of Leather And Related Products 15.11 - Tanning and dressing of leather; dressing and dyeing of fur
New offshoring locations
Slovenia
115 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
8 May 2013
Employment effect (start)
9 May 2013
Foreseen end date
Description
Leather factory Vogl is to make 115 out of its 120 employees redundant, according to information by the Public Employment Service (AMS) Austria.
The company, which produces high-end leather, which is used primarily in the automotive industry, has denied the closure of the factory, which was previously reported in the media. However, almost all of its workforce is to be made redundant. According to the AMS, a policy package for 115 employees has been worked upon since April. Qualification measures in an already existing re-employment scheme for the aluminium sector have been provided to them. Part of the employment relationships of affected employees has already been terminated.
In 2011, the company has been taken over by the German Prevent company. Allegedly, the production is to be moved to Slovenia.
Sources
4 May 2013: Oberösterreichische Nachrichten
8 May 2013: Oberösterreichische Nachrichten
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Vogl, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Austria, factsheet number 75372, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75372.
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