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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26.4 - Manufacture of consumer electronics
New offshoring locations
Czechia
500 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
2 March 2016
Employment effect (start)
31 March 2016
Foreseen end date
15 May 2016
Description
On 2 March 2016 Pegatron announced it will close the facility in Breda and will move all activities to Ostrava (Czech Republic). Pegatron repairs mobile phones, mainly for Apple. Virtually all employees are hired through temp agencies. The relocation will result in the loss of all 500 jobs: 200 at the end of March and the remaining 300 in May.
Pegatron was active for only two years and was warmly welcomed in 2014 by the regional development agency BOM. The agency even foresaw the creation of 700 jobs at that time. During the period 2014 until the present, there have been several problems with regard to working conditions. The Labour Inspectorate initiated research and ordered the firm to take measures. Unions were not welcome at the premises.
Sources
2 March 2016: Het Financieele Dagblad
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Pegatron, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Netherlands, factsheet number 86689, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86689.
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