Hitachi Home Electronics

Type
Closure
Country
Czechia
Region
Česko; Severozápad; Ústecký kraj
Location of affected unit(s)
Žatec
Sector
Manufacturing
(26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products
26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
800 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
27 March 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 March 2009

Description

Hitachi Home Electronics Czech, Japan-based plasma TV screen producer, is to close its plant in Žatec (Triangle industrial zone) and to cut all 800 jobs by the end of March 2009. The company launched the production in the Czech Republic in July 2006. Up to 2,000 jobs were to be created there.

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2009), Hitachi Home Electronics, Closure in Czechia, factsheet number 68615, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/68615.