Dainese shuts down production in Italy
Written on February 9, 2010 – 10:35 pm | by BikersUnite
Dainese a world famous brand for motorcycle riding apparel is shutting down it’s production facilities in Molvena, Italy as it moves it’s production out of Europe to Tunisia in Africa where Dainese already has 2 additional production units.
With the entire production line moving out of Italy to Tunisia, the workforce will be trimmed from approximately 250 workers down to about 50 workers as the company will retain some personnel to work on the select top of the line products used by the sponsored professional riders including Valentino Rossi, Max Biaggi and Jorge Lorenzo.
The current scenario has been brought about with rising costs and slowdown in world economy which brought about a massive slump in sales for motorcycles and subsequently riding leathers.
Dainese R&D department however will continue to function from their current location in Molvena and the D-Air products expected to be launched later this year too are expected to be manufactured in Italy for the time being.
source: motociclismo.it
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