机器人割草机制造商胡斯瓦纳集团预计，由于即将把部分生产从欧洲转移并外包，其员工队伍规模将缩减。
Robotic mower maker Husqvarna AB expects to reduce the size of its workforce owing to an upcoming transfer and outsourcing of some production away from Europe.
瑞典公司发布第三季度财报后，首席执行官格伦·因斯通在接受采访时表示：“会有人受影响吗？是的，但现在推测有多少人还为时过早。有许多变动因素。”总部位于斯德哥尔摩的集团在周三的财报中表示，部分胡斯瓦纳品牌电池手持产品的制造将转移至亚洲的内部工厂和外部合作伙伴。
“Will people be affected?”Chief Executive Officer Glen Instone said in an interview after the Swedish company’s third quarter report. “Yes, but it’s too early to speculate on how many. There are many moving parts.”The manufacturing of selected Husqvarna-branded battery handheld products will shift to internal facilities and external partners in Asia, the Stockholm-based group said as part of its report on Wednesday.
受业绩不及预期拖累，胡斯瓦纳股价在斯德哥尔摩一度暴跌11%，触及2012年以来最低水平。欧洲市场疲软——大范围干旱和消费者需求疲软导致其林业与园林部门有机销售额下降10%。
Shares tumbled as much as 11% in the Swedish capital, reaching their lowest level since 2012, with earnings falling short of expectations amid weakness in the European market — where widespread drought and soft consumer demand caused its Forest & Garden division to suffer a 10% organic sales decline.
因斯通还表示，地缘政治逆风和不确定性将继续拖累消费者信心，并补充说一些渠道合作伙伴的库存略高于他希望的水平。
Instone also said that geopolitical headwinds and uncertainty will continue to weigh on consumer sentiment, adding that some channel partner inventories are slightly higher than he would like.
他说：“我们现在进入换季期，更多转向链锯、手持产品和建筑业务，所以第四季度我们可能会面临一些不同的挑战。”
“We switch seasons now, more into chainsaws, handheld products and construction, so we’re probably going to have some different challenges in the fourth quarter,” he said.