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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27.4 - Manufacture of electric lighting equipment
159 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
17 November 2015
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Philips Lighting in Turnhout is to cut another 159 jobs, 82 white-collar employees and 77 blue-collar employees. The restructurings at the establishment follow in rapid succession: the previous restructuring occurred at the end of 2014 (140 jobs cut) and there have been a series of job reductions on at least an annual basis in recent years. The Turnhout facility is Philips' last major production unit in Belgium and employs just over a 1000 workers. The section that deals with shops and shop-window lighting has been experiencing specific difficulties recently. Causes cited are the economic crisis and increasing online trade.
Sources
17 November 2015: De Standaard
: De Tijd
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Philips Lighting, Internal restructuring in Belgium, factsheet number 85553, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/85553.
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