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.
Aldi, the Germany-based global discount retailer, has announced that it will close its distribution centre in Best, the Netherlands. The closure of the distribution centre means that all 150 employees, including truck drivers, order pickers and office staff, will lose their jobs. As of June 2021, it is still unclear when the employment effect will take place.
Aldi faces increasing competition on the Dutch retail market and regards the distribution centre in Best as 'not future proof'. The activities of the location in Best will be taken over by nearby distribution centres in Culemborg, Roermond and Roosendaal.
Trade unions have been invited to discuss a social plan.
Aldi is a discount supermarket chain with over 10,000 stores in 20 countries. In August 2020, Aldi has already closed its offices and disctribution centre in Zaandam, the Netherlands, making all 125 employees at the Zaandam location redundant.
Eurofound (2021), Aldi, Closure in Netherlands, factsheet number 104924, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/104924.
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...
