Océ Technologies BV plans to transfer part of its assembly activities for printers and the associated sourcing of components from Venlo to Eastern Europe and China in 2004. As a result it expects around 175 jobs to be cut in Venlo over the next year. It expects to achieve a cost price reduction in the order of several tens of percent by transferring the assembly activities concerned to countries with lower labour costs and lower purchasing costs. It says this will enable it to strengthen its competitive position on the world market.
It is planned that the assembly of modules will be transferred to Eastern Europe during 2004, while the assembly of fully developed wide format printing systems will be transferred to China. Océ intends to focus on knowledge-intensive activities in the areas of R&D and manufacturing & logistics in Venlo.
29-Sep-2003
