Press Release: € 14.8 million from EU Globalisation Fund to help German and Finnish mobile phone workers

The European Commission has today made payments to Germany and Finland from the EU's Globalisation adjustment Fund (EGF). The payment of € 12.8 million to Germany will help some 3,300 workers made redundant at three production sites of BenQ, a mobile phone manufacturer, to get back into work as quickly as possible. The payment of € 2.03 million to Finland will aim to do the same for some 1,000 workers made redundant at Perlos, a mobile phone components manufacturer in North Karelia.