The engineering company HVRS is looking at cutting around 12 workers at one of its Teesside plants.
Hertel Valve and Rotating Services (HVRS), which employs 45 staff at near Redcar in the North of England has started speaking with workers and union representatives following a significant downturn in the company’s business. The consultation period which ends on the 31st January 2011 could see up to 12 workers, including four apprentices out of a job.
It is part of engineering giant Hertel, a global industrial services company with more than 12,000 employees.
The group shut its Hertel Project Services (HPS) operation at Wilton last year with the loss of 15 jobs after it went into administration.
HVRS said the cost-cutting exercise would not affect its Grimsby and Grangemouth sites or operations at Hertel UK Ltd, which employs over 3,000 across the UK.
Ted Jansen, general manager of HVRS, said: “Hertel remains committed to the training and development of people and currently has over 100 apprentices and trainees in the UK.”
HVRS is another victim of the current engineering environment and highlights that even large national firms are susceptible in today’s climate.
