Continental Matador Rubber

Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
Slovakia
Region
Slovensko; Západné Slovensko; Trenčiansky kraj
Location of affected unit(s)
Púchov
Sector
Manufacturing
(22 - 23) Manufacture of rubber, plastic and non-metallic minerals
22.1 - Manufacture of rubber products
22.11 - Manufacture, retreading and rebuilding of rubber tyres and manufacture of tubes
New offshoring locations
Germany
190 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
15 June 2009
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2009
Foreseen end date

Description

Rubber manufacturing machines and tyres producer, Continental Matador Rubber Company , is to dismiss 190 out its 2100 employees in Puchov, from September 2009. According to the Continental AG press release, redundancy is caused by centralisation of the production of specialised machines for rubber manufacturing in Germany.

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2009), Continental Matador Rubber, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Slovakia, factsheet number 69154, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/69154.