Scandinavian airline SAS said on Tuesday it would make a rights issue of 6 billion Swedish crowns ($720 million) as it posted a pretax loss of 403 million crowns in the fourth quarter and announced 3,000 job cuts.
In addition, 5,600 employees will leave the group as part of divestments or outsourcing.
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
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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 Italia Telecoms 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 6,000 Jan 26
Corus Steel 3,500 Jan 26
STMicroelectronics Chip maker 4,500 Jan 27
SAP Software 3,300 Jan 28
GKN Plc Aerospace 2,800 Oct/Jan
AstraZeneca Plc Drugmaker 6,000 Jan 29
Atlas Copco Machinery 3,000 Feb 02
SAS Airlines 8,600 Feb 03
REGION – NORTH AMERICA:
COMPANY SECTOR NUMBERS DATE
Hewlett-Packard IT 24,600 Sept 15
Federal Mogul Auto, Engg. 4,000 Sept 17
Micron Technology IT 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 Inc Retail 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 Corp Telecom 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 21,610 Jan 26/30
Pfizer Inc Pharma 19,500 Jan 26
Molex Inc Electronics 9,300 Dec/Jan
Corning Inc Manufacturer 4,900 Jan 27
Jabil Circuit Inc Electronics 3,000 Jan 28
Eastman Kodak Co Camera, printing 4,500 Jan 29
Macy's Inc <M.N> Retail 7,000 Feb 02
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 469,030
