Nevs, which has been attempting to revive Saab car models, said it would lay off up to 200 employees due to lack of work, because “the decision to re-start production will be further delayed”.
The would-be automaker has kept on its permanent workforce for production since output was stopped at the end of last May this year.
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“The reason for this has been that the company would be ready to quickly start up production, upon such decision,” Nevs said in a statement.
“The prerequisites for making a decision to start up production are to have long-term secured funding and a business plan that has been worked through together with a new majority owner.
“The ongoing discussions on collaboration and ownership structure, which [have] not yet resulted in a binding agreement, [indicate] that the decision for a start-up of production will take time.”
It has now decided to make the workforce redundant and will hand in a notice of intention to lay off up to 200 employees to the Swedish Public Employment Service.
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By GlobalDataThe terminations will take place this month in order, Nevs said, “to rapidly reduce the company’s costs during the reorganisation period”.
This is a step in the reorganisation plan the administrator will present to creditors at a meeting on 8 October.
Nevs added it will retain some workers to keep the plant in good condition, ready for new production, if such a decision is taken, and to continue developing new products.
