Elcoteq starts personnel negotiations at Lohja

Elcoteq has today invited personnel representatives of its terminal products and communications network equipment manufacturing plant in Lohja, Finland, and the plant's administrative units to discuss measures to restore the plant to profitability during 2003. The company will propose that the discussions address the impact of layoffs, redundancies, or other alternatives that emerge during the discussions, on restoring the plant's operational profitability. These negotiations do not apply to Repair Center personnel, Group functions in Lohja, nor the personnel of the industrial electronics unit.At its highest, the possible need to reduce personnel will apply to approximately 160 employees consisting of approx. 13 senior white-collar workers, approx. 47 white-collar workers and approx. 100 blue-collar workers.Elcoteq's Lohja units provide new product introduction, manufacturing and repair services for communications technology and industrial electronics customers. The current workforce at the Lohja site totals about 600 people.Source: PCBnewsline