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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.32 - Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
100 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
27 April 2015
Employment effect (start)
1 July 2015
Foreseen end date
Description
Webasto, the Portuguese division of car component manufacturer Webasto and supplier of Autoeuropa (a motor vehicle assembly plant of the Volkswagen group), is to close down its unit in Palmela and announced a collective redundancy plan affecting 100 workers.
The closure is attributed to the decision taken by Volkswagen to discontinue the production of the model Volkswagen Eos as of July 2015. Webasto relied exclusively on the production of car sliding roof system for the EOS model.
Webasto is located in the industrial park of Autoeuropa in the Portuguese town of Palmela.
Sources
27 April 2015: sapo.pt
27 April 2015: Diário Económico
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Webasto Portugal, Closure in Portugal, factsheet number 79431, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/79431.
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