Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Croatia
Region
Hrvatska; Kontinentalna Hrvatska; Grad Zagreb
Location of affected unit(s)
Zagreb
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment
30.20 - Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock

120 - 220 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
24 August 2014
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2014
Foreseen end date
31 December 2014

Description

Croatian rolling stock manufacturer TZV Gredelj is to cut up to 220 jobs from the beginning of September 2014. As announced the state-owned firm plans to close the production sites for coaches and trains by the end of the year and focus only on the production of locomotives.

The factory went bankrupt as of October 2012 and till then a cost reduction rationalisation plan is implemented. According to the sources, 120 planned job cuts are announced by one of the creditors but the union refers to the possibility that up to 220 jobs will be affected. 


Sources

  • 24 August 2014: 24sata

Citation

Eurofound (2014), TZV Gredelj, Internal restructuring in Croatia, factsheet number 77463, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77463.