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.
Finnveden Powertrain, supplier to the global commercial vehicle industry, gave notice to 256 employees working in the Alvesta, Kungsör, Moheda, Torpsbruk and Trollhättan plants due to structural change and adjustment of production to the current market situation. The restructuring is intended to specialize production in each of the units: Alvesta, Moheda and Torpsbruk will be specializing in precision components, Kungsör in valve actuation and Trollhättan in connecting rods.
The company's customers are primarily producers of diesel engines for trucks, buses and construction equipment. Major customers include Volvo Powertrain, Scania, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, Bosch, Caterpillar and Haldex.
Eurofound (2009), Finnveden Powertrain, Internal restructuring in Sweden, factsheet number 68239, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/68239.
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