The management uses “the need to adjust the productive structure of the company to the deep changes that take place in the European tire market.” The measure arrives after the end of the Erte that has been applied in this factory since December 2023.
The tire manufacturer Bridgestone Hispania Manufacturing announced the Dismissal of their 831 employees40 % of the template, of the plant Basauri (Bizkaia)As confirmed by the company in a statement.
The Company Committee, where Cc. Oo. It has a majority, it has been collected and will soon make a review public.
According to management: “The deep changes that take place in the European pneumatic market” force the company to “adjust its productive structure”.
The collective dismissal influences the Biscay factory, which, together with the USANSOLO, stayed in Erte until yesterday, and the San Miguel Puente (Cantabria), with 211 dismissal. Just the Temporary employment regulations file It ended on April 1.
In his statement, the company explains that the “Agricultural (AGR) and Truck and Bus (TBR)” sectors have suffered an important contraction as a result of a challenging macro -economic environment, characterized by inflation, uncertainty and legal changes. “This, together with the” Boom of Non -European manufacturers, who have gradually won market share “, have increased the” competitive pressure “. This confronts with claiming that it is” necessary to adjust the production capacity to compete in an ever -demanding environment and connect with the new reality of the market. “
The company claims to “be aware of the uncertainty and the impact that this process can generate on employees”, and emphasized that it will “take the procedure in the most responsible and respectful way.”
Bridgestone has two floors in Bizkaia, in Basauri and Usansolo, and a warehouse in Igorre.
Source: EITB
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