US EditionSurprisingly, Whirlpool Closed Its Pilar Plant and Fired Its 220 Workers
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Whirlpool will stop producing in Argentina. The U.S. multinational announced the definitive closure of its washing machine plant in the Fatima industrial park in Pilar and the end of its local industrial activity. The measure implies the decoupling of 220 employees -including management equipment and supply chain-, who were notified today, and represents a structural change for the subsidiary. From now on, it will concentrate its operation on sa…
The company attributed the decision to the loss of competitiveness to export and the impact of strong competition from imported products.The company opened a negotiation with the UOM to define an exit package that would include compensation and a plus for all personnel.
The brand of appliances had opened this facility in 2022 and manufactured washing machines for export and for the domestic market. The decision was taken in the face of the fall in sales and increased imports.
The decision impacts 220 workers. The company had opened a factory with an investment of US$50 million in 2022.
The industricide, a sudden fall in consumption and the massive import of products, enabled by the national government, does not stop in Argentina. The household appliances company, Whirlpool, announced on Wednesday the closure of its plant and fired 220 workers. A similar case occurred on the day in the region, where the company DBT, known as “Cramaco”, announced that it was lowering the blinds, so that some 35 employees remained in the street. …
Whirlpool announced on Wednesday the final closure of its washing machine in the Fátima Industrial Park, in Pilar, and disjoined 220 employees. The company argued that the decision responds to the loss of competitiveness to export, to the sharp fall in domestic consumption and to the advance of imported products that displaced local production. The measure was communicated in the morning to the staff, which includes operators, technicians, engin…
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