FACTBOX-Mounting job losses in non-financial sectors

Wed Apr 15, 2009 5:55am EDT

 April 15 (Reuters) - Air France-KLM (AIRF.PA), Europe's
biggest airline, aims to cut between 2,500 and 3,000 jobs in the
next two financial years, a spokeswoman for the carrier said on
Wednesday. 
 The Franco-Dutch company, will not renew short-term
contracts or replace retiring employees, avoiding compulsory
layoffs. The carrier cut 2,400 jobs in the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2009, and forecast an operating loss of 200 million
euros for the period.
 Following are details of announced job cuts of 2,000 or more
in non-financial sectors since the beginning of January:
 
 REGION - EUROPE:
 COMPANY                 SECTOR          NUMBERS    DATE
 ----------------------------------------------------------
 Elcoteq ELQAV.HE      Electronics      5,000     Jan  15
 Metro AG (MEOG.DE)      Retail          15,000     Jan  20
 Philips Electronics
 (PHG.AS)(PHG.N)      Electronics      6,000     Jan  26
 Corus                   Steel            3,500     Jan  26
 STMicroelectronics
 (STM.PA)             Chip maker       4,500     Jan  27
 SAP (SAPG.DE)           Software         3,300     Jan  28
 AstraZeneca Plc (AZN.L) Drugmaker        6,000     Jan  29
 Atlas Copco (ATCOa.ST)  Machinery        3,000     Feb  02
 SAS (SAS.ST)            Airlines         8,600     Feb  03
 Salcomp SAL1V.HE      Telecom          3,300     Feb  10
 GKN Plc (GKN.L)         Aerospace        4,364     Jan/Feb
 Severstal
 (CHMF.MM) (CHMFq.L)     Steel        9,000-9,500   Mar  11
 Continental (CONG.DE)   Tyre             2,000     Mar  11
 Leoni (LEOGn.DE)        Auto             4,000     Mar  24
 Heidelberg (HDDG.DE)    Printing         2,500     Mar  26
 LyondellBasell          Petrochemical    3,000     April 8
 Russian Railways        Railways        53,700     April 9
 Air France-KLM (AIRF.PA) Airlines    2,500-3,000  April 15
 
 
 REGION - NORTH AMERICA:
 COMPANY                 SECTOR          NUMBERS    DATE
 ----------------------------------------------------------
 Motorola MOT.N        Mobile phones    4,000     Jan  14
 Alcoa Inc (AA.N)        Aluminum prod   15,000     Jan  06
 EMC Corp (EMC.N)        IT               2,400     Jan  07
 Dell (DELL.O)           IT           1,900-3000    Jan  08
 Boeing Co (BA.N)        Airlines         4,500     Jan  09
 Cessna Aircraft         Airlines         2,000     Jan  12
 MeadWestvaco 
 Corp  (MWV.N)        Packaging        2,278     Jan/Mar
 Hertz Global Hldgs
 Inc (HTZ.N)          Car rental       4,000     Jan  16
 Eaton Corp (ETN.N)      Manufacturer     5,200     Jan  20
 Intel Corp (INTC.O)     IT               6,000     Jan  21
 Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) IT               5,000     Jan  22
 Texas Instruments
 TXN.N              IT               3,400     Jan  26
 Sprint Nextel Corp (S.N)Telecom          8,000     Jan  26
 Home Depot Inc (HD.N)   Home
                      Improvement      7,000     Jan  26
 General Motors Corp
 (GM.N)               Auto             2,000     Jan  26
 Caterpillar Inc (CAT.N) Earth-Moving 
                      Equipment       26,064 Jan/Feb/Mar
 Pfizer Inc (PFE.N)      Pharma          19,500     Jan  26
 Molex Inc (MOLX.O)      Electronics      2,500     Jan  27
 Corning Inc (GLW.N)     Manufacturer     4,900     Jan  27
 Jabil Circuit Inc
 (JBL.N)              Electronics      3,000     Jan  28
 Eastman Kodak Co
 EK.N               Camera, printing 4,500     Jan  29
 Macy's Inc (M.N)        Retail           7,000     Feb  02
 Cisco Systems Inc
 (CSCO.O)             IT            1,500-2000   Feb  04
 Estee Lauder Cos Inc
 (EL.N)               Cosmetics        2,000     Feb  05
 BorgWarner Inc (BWA.N)  Auto             4,400     Feb  12
 Chrysler LLC            Auto             3,000     Feb  17
 General Motors Corp
 (GM.N)               Auto            67,000     Feb  17
 Goodyear (GT.N)         Tyres            5,000     Feb  18
 Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) Airlines         2,100     Feb  19
 Visteon Corp (VC.N)     Auto             9,300     Feb  25
 Nortel Networks Corp
 NT.TO                 Telecom          3,200     Feb  25
 United Technologies
 Corp (UTX.N)         Manufacturing   11,600     Mar  10
 PPG Industries
 Inc (PPG.N)          Paint maker      2,500     Mar  12
 Bluegreen Corp (BXG.N), Resorts, sites   3,000     Mar  16
 Agilent Technologies
 Inc (A.N)            Electronics      2,700     Mar  26
 Bombardier Inc (BBDb.TO) Train/aircraft  3,000     April 2
 
 REGION - ASIA-PACIFIC:
 COMPANY                 SECTOR          NUMBERS    DATE
 ----------------------------------------------------------
 TDK Corp (6762.T)       Electronics      8,000     Jan  08
 Lenovo Group (0992.HK)  IT               2,500     Jan  08
 BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc
 (BHP.AX)             Mining           6,000     Jan  21
 Panasonic Corp (6752.T) Electronics     15,000     Feb  04
 Nissan Motor Co (7201.T)Auto            20,000     Feb  09
 Pioneer Corp (6773.T)   Electronics     10,000     Feb  12
 
 REGION - AFRICA
 COMPANY                 SECTOR          NUMBERS    DATE
 ----------------------------------------------------------
 Anglo Platinum (AMSJ.J) Mining          10,000     Feb  09
 Lonmin Plc (LMI.L)      Mining           5,500     Feb  24
 ----------------------------------------------------------
             TOTAL                   478,306
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 (Writing by Jijo Jacob and Carl Bagh, Bangalore Editorial
Reference Unit; Additional writing and editing by David Cutler,
London Editorial Reference Unit, and Simon Jessop)

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