Stainless steel manufacturer axes 230 jobs in Sheffield
HUNDREDS of jobs are to be axed at a Sheffield stainless steel giant as the credit crunch bites hard in South Yorkshire.
A total of 230 workers are to be made redundant at Outokumpu’s Sheffield Special Strip operation at Meadowhall.
The news will come as a bitter blow to workers who were reassured three years ago their jobs were safe when the company axed 130 jobs at the plant which produces very thin foils of stainless steel strip.
Read the full story at the Sheffield Telegraph
Posted: September 22nd, 2008 under Steel News, steel strip.
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Comment from Sheffield Sheffield
Time: September 23, 2008, 11:25 am
Another blow for Sheffield. It seems we will just have tertiary services left soon…
Comment from Website Optimisation Sheffield
Time: October 7, 2008, 12:58 am
Every industry seems to be struggling in Sheffield I agree. The sooner these new offices go up and some more investment is ploughed in the better. In the current economic climate I feel sorry for the workers who will lose their jobs…
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