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 Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Basic Metals 24.2 - Manufacture Of Tubes, Pipes, Hollow Profiles And Related Fittings, Of Steel
No information on job gains number available
Announcement Date
15 November 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2019
Foreseen end date
1 December 2019
Description
Saint-Gobain PAM is a France-based company that produces ductile iron pipes. In 2019, the company decided to reorganize its European production activities; in so doing, it will relocate at the home country some product lines actually manufactured in a German plant. The main reasons supporting the relocation decision are the cost-efficiency and the customers demand decline. While the relocation will create staff surplus in Germany (around 170 employees), there is no news about creation of new job positions in the French plant.
Eurofound (2018), Saint-Gobain PAM, Reshoring in France, factsheet number 2, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/2.
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