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.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Basic Pharmaceutical Products And Pharmaceutical Preparations 21.2 - Manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations
New offshoring locations
Poland
120 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
19 October 2021
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2023
Description
Pharmaceutical company Paul Hartmann plans to close its site in Heidenheim (Germany) and relocate production to Poland. According to the company's plans, 120 jobs will be cut in Heidenheim by the end of 2023. Already in spring 2020, the company announced to have bought grounds in Czestochowa (Poland) where a new production site will be built. The company is currently negotiating details of its relocation plans with its works' council.
Eurofound (2021), Paul Hartmann, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Germany, factsheet number 105855, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/105855.
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