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Manufacturing (29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment 29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories 29.3 - Manufacture of motor vehicle parts and accessories
163 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
19 January 2009
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2009
Foreseen end date
1 July 2009
Description
AS Norma, the Estonian manufacturer of safety seat belts, airbags etc, has announced the dismissal of 111 workers as a result of the deepening crisis in the automotive industry. The sales of the company´s clients - Russian, Ukraine and Western-European car manufacturers - keep declining, which has lead to the decrease in demand for the company´s production. It is expected that part of the staff will be required to work part-time. The company dismissed 52 workers in December 2008 for the same reasons.
Eurofound (2009), Norma, Internal restructuring in Estonia, factsheet number 68096, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/68096.