At a meeting with the unions on October 17 at the Ministry of Economic Development, Lauri Kivinen, responsible for external relations at Nokia Siemens Network, confirmed the decision to sell its plants at Marcianise ( 336 employees) and at Cassina de Pecchi (276 employees) to Jabil Circuits consecutive to the choice of the group to focus on its software and services activities instead of hardware production. The unions Fim, Fiom and Uilm as well as the government reasserted their opposition to this plan. Representatives of the Ministry of Economic Development proposed that Nokia-Siemens carry on participation in these locations by forming a joint venture with Jabil Circuits rather than a total withdrawal. The unions backed this proposal inasmuch as it would allow continuation of Nokia-siemens responsibility along the entire production chain with guarantees in terms of production development. In support of this proposal, the unions decided to continue picketing at the entrance of the plants, pursuit of their lobbying of local authorities and their demand for direct intervention by the head of the council.
in terms of production development. In support of this proposal, the unions decided to continue picketing at the entrance of the plants, pursuit of their lobbying of local authorities and their demand for direct intervention by the head of the council.
Maintenance of a production chain. On October 19, with the agreement of the DG Competition (European Commission), Nokia-Siemens announced that the two plants would be transferred to Jabil Circuit Italy with a long-term commitment to guarantee p
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