Panasonic is closing its circuit board plant in Enns

25 years after taking over the plant, Panasonic intends to close the circuit board plant in Ennshafen (Upper Austria) at the end of December. According to media reports, around 140 employees are said to be affected. At the site in Ennshafen, base material for circuit boards is manufactured, which is required for electrical appliances. This was Panasonic's only location outside Asia. Production should continue normally until December. Market shar…

The closure plans for the Panasonic plant in Enns, Upper Austria, announced on Tuesday are the latest piece of bad news in the ongoing location debate. One of Europe's last production sites for basic material for printed circuit boards is now affected, according to the "Oberösterreichische Nachrichten". As the latest figures from the domestic group AT&S suggest, this is an industry that is particularly driven by cost optimization and efficiency …

ENNS. At the end of the year, the production of printed circuit board material will be shut down.