Whirlpool

Type
Closure
Country
World
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
United Kingdom, France, Poland
Sector
Manufacturing
(26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products
27.5 - Manufacture of domestic appliances
27.5 - Manufacture of domestic appliances
500 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
24 January 2017
Employment effect (start)
24 January 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018

Description

On Tuesday, 24th of January, Whirlpool Corporation announced plans to restructure its manufacturing operations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Whirlpool is a multinational manufacturer and marketer of home appliances, and the restructuring plan will affect around 500 workers in UK, France and Poland. The company anticipated that job cuts would be completed by 2018.

Whirlpool said that as part of the restructuring process, the dryer manufacturing production of Yale (UK) will be for UK customers only, while the production of dryers for non-UK consumers will be concentrated in Lods (Poland).

The Amities (France) facility will cease production in 2018. The ending of production will affect 290 workers.

Sources

  • 24 January 2017: Fox Business
  • 24 January 2017: Insider Media

Citation

Eurofound (2017), Whirlpool, Closure in World, factsheet number 90126, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/90126.