Atlas Copco Rock Drills

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Sweden
Region
Östra Sverige; Östra Mellansverige; Örebro län
Location of affected unit(s)
Örebro
Sector
Manufacturing
(28) Manufacture of machinery and equipment
28.9 - Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery
28.92 - Manufacture of machinery for mining, quarrying and construction
160 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
6 November 2012
Employment effect (start)
6 May 2013
Foreseen end date

Description

Atlas Copco Rock Drills, manufacturer of drilling equipment, mobile crushers and screeners for quarries and open pit mines, has announced a reduction of 160 jobs due to diminishing order flows. The reduction is distributed on 105 blue-collar jobs and 55 white-collar jobs.

The company has 1,900 employees and the reductions are planned to start taking effect in six months' time.

Anther reduction was already announced within the Atlas Copco Group this year. (See: here. For earlier reductions see: 12901, 12268, 12898, 12034, 9890.)

As of November 2012 there is no information of when the reductions are to be completed by.

Sources

  • 6 November 2012: Dagens Industri

Citation

Eurofound (2012), Atlas Copco Rock Drills, Internal restructuring in Sweden, factsheet number 74445, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/74445.