The Schaffner Group AG is relocating its European production activities for EMC components and standard power quality products to Hungary. The focus of activities at the Schaffner Group’s Luterbach, Switzerland headquarters will be strategic management, the global innovation center, and other tasks involving global marketing. Schaffner Jacke in Buren, Germany, will continue to manufacture customer-specific power quality solutions. European volume production is being concentrated in the modern Schaffner plant in Kecskemet, Hungary, as part of a general reorganization of the Schaffner Group. The shift is described as an ongoing operational strategy to boost profitability. The new plant, which goes into operation in mid-May, will substantially expand Schaffner’s Kecskemet production capacities and will help to optimize processes while boosting production efficiencies. Because of this reorganization, the staff at Luterbach will be reduced from 148 to 115 by November 30, 2008. Learn more details at the Schaffner Group website.Is Eastern Europe the next out-sourcing hot spot? Share your views at the Filters Community Forums.
Schaffner Group AG Moves Last of EMC Production from Western Europe to Hungary
