BERLIN — Japan's JVC became the second company this month to announce a manufacturing shift from Western Europe to Poland.

The company plans to move television production from Lanarkshire in the UK to Poland in attempt to lower operational costs.

The shift involves the loss of 360 jobs in the UK, according to the Evening Times.

JVC had not been able to sell thousands of televisions because its prices were too high, the paper said.

JVC's announcement follows a similar one earlier this month by US EMS company Kimball Electronics, which decided to close its plant in Longford, Ireland and send production to Poznan, Poland to lower operating costs.

Poland's average hourly labor costs are roughly one-fifth the average in the UK and Ireland, according to Eurostat figures.