Federal Mogul Operations France

Type
Closure
Country
France
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine; Poitou-Charentes; Vienne
Location of affected unit(s)
Chasseneuil-du-Poitou
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
241 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
2 April 2014
Employment effect (start)
2 April 2014
Foreseen end date
1 December 2014

Description

Automotive supplier Federal Mogul has announced to its works council that it will close its plant at Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, where 241 jobs are to be cut by December 2014.

The management explained its decision with a decrease in demand for pistons from the French car industry due to the difficulties of the automotive market, the reduction of the number of pistons in new engines, and the transfer of demand from diesel to gasoline motors.

The union CGT denounced the decision.

The plant is the smallest in the EU to produce pistons for diesel motors.

Sources

  • 2 April 2014: L'Express
  • 3 April 2014: La Nouvelle République

Citation

Eurofound (2014), Federal Mogul Operations France, Closure in France, factsheet number 76815, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/76815.