Hutchinson Flexibles Automobiles

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
France
Region
Centre — Val de Loire; Centre — Val de Loire; Loiret
Location of affected unit(s)
Amilly
Sector
Manufacturing
(29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment
29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories
29.32 - Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
90 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
21 November 2013
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2014
Foreseen end date
30 September 2014

Description

Hutchinson is to cut 90 jobs at its production site in Amilly. This is to affect production workers (57 job cuts), service personnel (28 jobs), and 5 employees working at the site but for factories located in Portugal and Poland.

The job cuts are to be implemented via voluntary departures from March until September 2014.

Reportedly, this measure is due to decreased demand in the sector. As a result, the management also started to implement a short time work scheme on 12 November (to last until May 2014).

In Amilly, the company builds air conditioner pipes and hydraulic power steering systems for the automotive industry. In 2009, Hutchinson announced 216 job cuts in Vierzon, Chateaudun and Liancourt.

Sources

  • 16 December 2013: La république
  • 17 December 2013: La république

Citation

Eurofound (2013), Hutchinson Flexibles Automobiles, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 76340, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/76340.