Following are details of job cuts in excess of 2,000 announced by companies in non-financial sectors since the beginning of September:
REGION – EUROPE
COMPANY SECTOR NUMBERS DATE
Renault Auto 6,000 Sept 09
Stora Enso Paper 3,150 Sept 10
Alitalia Airlines 3,000 Sept 15
Akzo Nobel Manufacturing 3,500 Sept 29
Daimler AG Auto 2,300 Oct 14
Volvo Auto/Equipment 5,960 Sept-Jan
ChTPZ Group Steel pipes 4,900 Nov 07
British Telecom Telecoms 10,000 Nov 13
Spansion Inc Semiconductor 4,000 NOV 18
Wolseley Plumbing/Heating 7,300 Nov 18
Supplier
PSA Peugeot-Citroen
Auto 3,550 Nov 20
Rolls-Royce Engine maker 1,500-2,000 Nov 20
Sandvik Tool maker 2,400 Nov 20
Skanska Construction 3,400 Nov 25
ArcelorMittal
Steel 9,000 Nov 27
Telecom ItaliaTelecoms 9,000 Dec 3
SKF Bearings 2,500 Dec 10
Rio Tinto Mining 14,000 Dec 10
Stanley Works Tools 2,000 Dec 11
Electrolux Home Appliance 3,000 Dec 15
Laird Plc Electronics 5,000 Dec 16
Elcoteq Electronics 5,000 Jan 15
Metro AG Retail 15,000 Jan 20
Philips Electronics
Electronics 6,000 Jan 26
Corus Steel 3,500 Jan 26
REGION – NORTH AMERICA
COMPANY SECTOR NUMBERS DATE
Hewlett-Packard IT 24,600 Sept 15
Federal Mogul Auto, Engg. 4,000 Sept 17
Micron TechnologyIT 2,800 Oct 09
Merck & Co Pharma 6,800 Oct 22
XEROX CORP Technology 3,000 Oct 23
Chrysler LLC Auto 6,000 Oct 24
Whirlpool Corp Consumer 5,000 Oct 28
Gannett Co Inc Media 3,200 Oct 28
YRC Worldwide
Inc Transport 3,750 Oct 29
Motorola Mobile phones 7,000 Oct/Jan
Ford Motor Co Auto 2,260 Nov 07
DHL Express BV Transport 9,500 Nov 10
Sun Microsystems IT Up to 6,000 Nov 14
Pepsi Bottling Group
Inc Soft drink 3,150 Nov 18
AT&T Inc Telecom 12,000 Dec 4
DuPont Chemical 2,500 Dec 4
Avis Budget Group
Inc Car Rental 2,200 Dec 4
Dow Chemical Co Chemical 5,000 Dec 8
Wyndham Worldwide
Corp Hotel 4,000 Dec 8
3M Co Manufacturer 2,300 Dec 8
Office Depot IncRetail 2,200 Dec 10
BorgWarner Inc Auto 3,000 Dec 11
Ryder System Inc Truck Leasing 3,100 Dec 17
Textron Inc Airlines 2,200 Dec 22
Alcoa Inc Aluminum prod 15,000 Jan 6
EMC Corp IT 2,400 Jan 7
Dell IT 1,900-3000 Jan 8
Boeing Co Airlines 4,500 Jan 9
Cessna Aircraft Airlines 2,000 Jan 12
MeadWestvaco
Corp Packaging 2,000 Jan 15
Hertz Global Hldgs
Inc Car rental 4,000 Jan 16
Eaton Corp Manufacturer 5,200 Jan 20
Intel Corp IT 6,000 Jan 21
Microsoft Corp IT 5,000 Jan 22
Texas Instruments
IT 3,400 Jan 26
Sprint Nextel CorpTelecom 8,000 Jan 26
Home Depot Inc Home
Improvement 7,000 Jan 26
General Motors Corp
Auto 2,000 Jan 26
Caterpillar Inc Earth-Moving
Equipment 19,500 Jan 26
Pfizer Inc Pharma 19,500 Jan 26
REGION – ASIA-PACIFIC
COMPANY SECTOR NUMBERS DATE
Nissan Auto 2,500 Oct 13
Sony Corp Electronics 16,000 Dec 9
TDK Corp Electronics 8,000 Jan 8
Lenovo Group IT 2,500 Jan 8
BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc
Mining 6,000 Jan 21
REGION – AFRICA
COMPANY SECTOR NUMBERS DATE
Lonmin Mining 5,500 Nov/Dec
TOTAL 410,020
