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.
Val-de-Reuil, Le Neubourg, Charleval, Le Vaudreuil, Verneuil-d'Avre-et-d'Iton, Poincy
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products 22.22 - Manufacture Of Plastic Packing Goods
New offshoring locations
Czechia
132 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
2 May 2023
Employment effect (start)
2 August 2023
Foreseen end date
Description
As part of a European reorganisation and transfer of production to the Czech Republic, the American company Aptar France announced, on 2 May 2023, a job-saving plan for its sites in Normandy, involving the loss of 55 positions. The Normandy sites affected are Val-de-Reuil, Le Neubourg, Charleval, Le Vaudreuil and Verneuil-d'Avre-et-d'Iton. In addition, on 30 November, Aptar's management announced the closure of a plant at Poincy (Seine-et-Marne), with 83 job losses. The site will close in early 2024. In total, 132 employees will lose their jobs at Aptar France.
The vast majority of Poincy employees went on strike on 29 November. They are demanding exactly the same severance package as their fifty colleagues who were made redundant this year. The employees are asking for a redundancy payment of €30,000 each, and for outplacement leave of up to eighteen months. According to reports, Aptar is considering relocating some of its departments to the Czech Republic.
1 December 2023: Le Moniteur de Seine-et-Marne (mesinfos.fr)
Citation
Eurofound (2023), Aptar, Offshoring/Delocalisation in France, factsheet number 200581, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/200581.
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