Océ, the Dutch manufacturer of printers and photocopiers, announced on July 5 its intention to relocate 80% of its production in Malaysia, between now and the end of 2008. For now, the management is not planning any dismissal. (Réf. 06696)
Within the framework of a program which started in 2003, 50 % of the production was already entrusted to the American group Flextronics, installed in Malaysia, a country where production costs are 40 % cheaper than in the Netherlands, says a spokesman of Océ. This decision had made trade unions furious. They were worried to see the only European manufacturer of “document” machines leave for Asia. An agreement had been negotiated to spread out the effects of the transfer on employment. The man
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