During the Tuesday morning, Ericsson announced that it is laying off 3,000 of termination.
the Company’s operations in Kumla and Borås is greatly affected by the notice, said the company in a press release.
“our ambition is that our employees should be able to get a second job as soon as possible,” says president and ceo Jan Frykhammar.
During the Tuesday morning featured Ericsson it big besparingspaketet, which means that every fifth employee may leave the company.
instead, Ericsson is now making a big bet on research and development, where Sweden will play a key role.
In the press release writes, Ericsson "now do a conversion of the activities and competence exchange in order to meet changes in technology, new customer groups and a continuation of the increasing proportion of software development".
“Significant cutbacks”
Ericsson will thus drag down the 3 000 posts in production, Research and Development (R & d) and sales and administration.
the Operations in Borås, Gothenburg, Karlskrona, sweden, Kumla, sweden-Linköping and Stockholm will thus be affected.
the Company also confirms that it intends to make “significant reductions in the operations in Borås and Kumla”.
Ericsson has today about 16 000 employees in Sweden and the factory covers around 3 000 jobs, of which approximately 1 000 in the production, 800 in R & d, and 1 200 in other operations. In addition, it will also pull down the 900 consulting services.
Ericsson writes in a press release that neddragningsprocessen will be gradual but is expected to be completed during the first quarter of 2017. The process involving operations in Borås and Kumla is expected to be complete in the second half of 2017. SEE ALSO PLUS the Crises that hit the Swedish corporate giants
“does not Want to be process”
As Aftonbladet told me about yesterday I have a source to SVT stated that the factory in Kumla will suffer, but if it is down completely or if the parts are linked to the new products will remain, is unclear.
However, the whole factory in Borås is likely to be closed down, according to information to SVT.
According to a source to Aftonbladet, the highest head in Borås right now a general meeting with the staff.
However, the want Ericsson’s press office did not confirm or deny if any factory will be closed down or if there is no meeting right now.
– Then we do not want to occur the process, we can now only say that we will make significant cutbacks in Borås and Kumla.
Ceo: Tough vengeance”
Ericsson’s president and ceo Jan Frykhammar, says to Aftonbladet that the news to the employees is very tough, but that the measures are necessary to secure our long-term competitiveness.
” We are in an industry that is changing at a rapid pace and as a company we must be able to manage the transition in a good way. It does not mean that we do it without empathy, but we will be sure to help our employees in this transformation, and with the concern and disappointment that surely is today.
” our ambition is that our employees should be able to get a second job as soon as possible.
Despite today’s announcement, ” says Jan Frykhammar, that Sweden still is important for Ericsson.
” Sweden is at the core of our research and development, then we have huvudelen of our research here. We want Sweden to continue to be linked to this but we need to set the skills so that it is more related to 5G technology.
“Heavy blow to the Boras”
Ulf Olsson, board chairman of Borås, says to Aftonbladet Tv that the news is a serious blow for the city., and for the more than 800 people who work at Ericsson in Borås.
– This is the biggest battle against Borås since the crisis in the textile industry in the 70-80′s. Ericsson is one of the main companies here and for the employees, this is a hard blow. Right now it is heavy but we must do what we can in this situation.
Ulf Olsson said that he had already been in contact with the minister for enterprise, Mikael Damberg, and will have a meeting with the minister for employment Ylva Johansson on Wednesday on what measures the government can go in with.
Also, Katarina Hansson (S), chairman of the city council of Kumla is experiencing a dark day.
– We have unfortunately had a big notice in the municipality in the past. It has built on a very large collaboration of people to be able to go further in life, ” she says to TT.
A press conference will be held today at 11-the time on the changes.
Text updated.
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