Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Nissan, the multi-national manufacturer of motor vehicles, has announced that it is to create 800 new jobs at its plant in Sunderland. 400 new permanent employees and 400 new temporary employees will be recruited by December 2008. Approximately 4,300 employees are currently employed at the plant in Sunderland. Management at the plant attribute the creation of the new jobs to strong sales of Nissan’s Qashqai model that is produced at the site. Trevor Mann, Nissan Europe senior vice president for manufacturing and supply chain management, stated that all manufacturing staff currently employed on temporary contracts at the plant would be ‘offered permanent positions with the company on a rolling basis throughout the year, subject to performance and sustained volume.’
Roger Maddison, national officer for the trade union Unite, stated:
‘This is fantastic news for the North East, our members and the motor industry as a whole.’
‘Unite members were instrumental in the near flawless launch of the UK-designed Qashqai.’
Nissan employs 160,000 internationally. In February 2007 and September 2007 the firm also announced the creation of a total of 180 new jobs at its Sunderland plant. See previous Nissan factsheet.
Eurofound (2008), Nissan, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 66265, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/66265.
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