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Goodyear's loss-making French plant with 1,100 staff set to closeAFP PARIS -- U.S. tire maker Goodyear said on Thursday that it was set to close a loss-making plant in Amiens, northern France, which employs 1,173 workers, following a long struggle with trades unions.
February 2, 2013, 12:05 am TWN “Closing the factory is the only option after five years of unsuccessful negotiations,” said a French-language statement issued by Goodyear Dunlop Tires France, which employs about 3,200 employees in the country across four sites. Production of low-end tires for passenger vehicles and farm equipment at the plant resulted in a loss in 2011 of 61 million euros (US$83 million) according to Goodyear figures. |
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