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Manufacturing (26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products 27.4 - Manufacture of lighting equipment 27.40 - Manufacture of lighting equipment
104 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
20 September 2016
Employment effect (start)
26 September 2016
Foreseen end date
31 October 2016
Description
The commercial court of Le Mans has decided the liquidation of the lighting manufacturer Silen that will lead to the closure of its twi sites of Saint-Calais (Sarthe) with 21 job cuts and Nevers (Nièvre) with 83 job cuts. A total of 104 employees will be dismissed if the management fails to find a company to take over the sites within a month. The site of Nevers was bought by Silen in 2015, which launched an employment safeguard plan to cut about 42 positions.
Sources
22 September 2016: Le Maine Libre
21 September 2016: Le Journal du centre
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Silen-Ledpower, Closure in France, factsheet number 88645, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/88645.