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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27.12 - Manufacture of electricity distribution and control apparatus
New offshoring locations
Finland, India
123 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
24 January 2019
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 January 2020
Description
The management of Abb Italia announced to 123 redundancies in its plant in Vittuone.
The decision was taken at central level and is connected to a restructuring plan which will be undertaken in order to face a market contraction and which entails the disposal of some production lines, which will be moved into other plants in Finland and in India.
The announcement came despite earlier denials from the company in response to the questions from the unions on the future of the plant.
The trade unions defined the decision as wrong and unacceptable, and called for a strike on 1 February 2019 to push for negotiations.
ABB Italia has 22 sites in Italy, employing over 5,500 employees. The group is active in over 100 coountries and has a total workforce of around 147,000 employees.
Eurofound (2019), ABB Italia, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Italy, factsheet number 96613, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/96613.
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