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.
Wales; South East Wales; Central Valleys and Bridgend
Location of affected unit(s)
Llantrisant
Sector
(10 - 33) Manufacturing (28) Manufacture of machinery and equipment 28.1 - Manufacture of general-purpose machinery 28.15 - Manufacture of bearings, gears, gearing and driving elements
190 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
7 February 2013
Employment effect (start)
7 February 2013
Foreseen end date
28 February 2013
Description
Car parts manufacturer Sogefi Filtration is to close its plant in Rhondda Cynon Taf, leading to 190 job losses.
The production at the site ceased following the end of a 90 day consultation period with the unions launched in November, but the unions failed to persuade the management to invest further in the factory.
Financial troubles in 2011 led to half the workforce at Llantrisant being made redundant and the remainder being put on short time working.
Sources
7 February 2013: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Sogefi Filtration, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 74930, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/74930.
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