Job losses, lay-offs at Nokian’s Finnish plant
The statutory negotiations Nokian Tyres commenced in early November wound up on 17 December and the tyre maker has announced the cuts it will implement at its plant in Nokia, Finland. Antti-Jussi Tähtinen, vice-president of marketing and communications for Nokian, reports the planned improvements in productivity and production adjustments will be mainly achieved via temporary lay-offs. In addition, 28 production workers and officials will be laid off permanently.
No more than 42 production days will be cut from passenger car tyre production at the plant in 2013, Tähtinen adds. Heavy tyre production will be adjusted accordingly by decreasing production volumes and cutting production days.
Nokian Tyres’ plant in Finland employs Finnish approximately 600 workers and staff in passenger car tyre production and 260 people in Nokian Heavy Tyres’ operations.
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