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Quinton Hazell, Mochdre: 80 jobs to go at car parts factory Quinton Hazell, Mochdre and Lancaster: 196 jobs to go at car parts factories
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Union leaders say 80 of the 83 workers at a Conwy car parts factory have been told they are losing their jobs after administrators were called in. Nearly 200 job losses have been announced at two car parts factories after administrators were called in.
Staff at Quinton Hazell in Mochdre, Colwyn Bay, were told by administrators KPMG on Thursday their jobs were going with immediate effect. A total of 79 staff at Quinton Hazell in Mochdre, Conwy, were told by administrators KPMG their jobs were going with immediate effect.
The trade union Unite had hoped the plant could be sold as a going concern. Another 117 jobs are going at the firm's Glasson Dock plant in Lancaster.
The factory, founded by the late Eric Quinton Hazell after World War II, made 120 workers redundant in 2007. KPMG blamed "prolonged, challenging trading conditions". The Unite union had hoped the Mochdre plant could be sold as a going concern.
Production of clutches was transferred to Warwickshire, with remaining staff making water pumps.
Workers were sent home early on Wednesday after KPMG were appointed to handle the affairs of the plant's Manchester-based parent company Klarius.Workers were sent home early on Wednesday after KPMG were appointed to handle the affairs of the plant's Manchester-based parent company Klarius.
A small number of workers are remaining at the plants to help with the winding up process.
Paul Flint, joint administrator and restructuring partner at KPMG, said: "Despite extensively marketing of the Glasson Dock (Lancaster) and Colwyn Bay sites to potential buyers, we were unable to find a buyer and have taken the difficult decision to wind them down."
He added that "prolonged challenging trading conditions in the automotive parts sector had an impact on Quinton Hazell's performance".
As a result this had created "cash-flow pressures" which in turn had affected the company's ability to trade as a going concern, he said.
The Lancashire plant was making exhausts and catalytic converters.
The factory near Colwyn Bay, founded by the late Eric Quinton Hazell after World War II, made 120 workers redundant in 2007.
Production of clutches was transferred to Warwickshire, with remaining staff making water pumps.