Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Reborn Normandie, specialised in plastic recycling, has announced new investments between now and 2023 with around 100 new employees. This subsidiary of the Reborn group (400 employees in France) will install five innovative recycling lines between now and 2023, to process internally 30,000 tonnes of recycled materials, and produce 2 billion pieces of packaging from recycled materials per year. The site will gradually see its storage capacity increase from 5,000 to 8,000 m², with a refurbishment of the existing storage building and the construction of a new 3,500 m² building. The local authorities have pledged their support and assistance, in particular the region, which will finance training schemes by investing €350 million to recruit from areas with high level of unemployment.
Eurofound (2021), Reborn Normandie, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 103003, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/103003.
Eurofound’s ERM restructuring legislation database offers an overview of key restructuring-related regulations in the EU Member States and Norway. Its content is continuously updated to reflect any changes made by national legislators in response to, for instance, policy shifts, legal...
Can Europe still achieve its ambitions for battery manufacturing? To answer this, the article looks at data from Eurofound’s European Restructuring Monitor and explores what recent large-scale restructuring events reveal about the state of play in the EU battery sector.
This working paper offers a comprehensive methodological overview of the European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) databases. Even though the methodology has not changed over time, new categories have been added, and the way it has been used by researchers and policymakers...
This Eurofound research paper explores key trends in restructuring in recent years, highlighting the companies that announced the largest job losses and job gains in the EU. It builds on an analysis of company announcements recorded in Eurofound’s European Restructuring...
In 2023, thousands of workers in big tech lost their jobs. Meta, Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft and Salesforce had been considered to offer good and secure jobs up to this point. Giants of the information and communication technology (ICT) sector,...
In 2024, the automotive sector in the EU came to the fore in public and policy discussions. The focus was on the slowdown in electric vehicle (EV) sales, rising global competition, belated investments in new technologies, and the potential closure...
