Ficosa is finalizing an employment regulation file at its Viladecavalls plant that will affect 172 workers. The measure reaches 21.5% of the workforce at this center in Vallès Occidental, where about 800 people work.
Cut in the Viladecavalls plant
The management of the group justifies the adjustment due to a drop in production in the automotive sector. The process is in its final phase and affects one of the company's most relevant facilities in Catalonia.
Part of the departures could be executed through retirements or incentivized layoffs, a formula that some sources place on the table within the planned adjustment. For now, the company maintains the proposed cut for 172 people at the plant.
A group with international presence
Ficosa was founded in 1949 and currently has around 10,000 workers in 16 countries in Europe, America, and Asia. The announcement of the ERE in Viladecavalls occurs in a context of declining activity in the automotive industry, which the company points to as the reason for the decision.
The impact of the dossier is concentrated in the center of Viladecavalls, one of the company's main industrial hubs in Catalonia, and now leaves pending the final definition of how the departures will be articulated within the planned adjustment.