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Nastola (Päijät-Häme), Tampere (Pirkanmaa), Vantaa (Uusimaa), Forssa (Kanta-Häme)
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Manufacture Of Furniture 31.02 - Manufacture Of Kitchen Furniture
100 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
19 December 2023
Employment effect (start)
2 January 2024
Foreseen end date
2 March 2024
Description
The Finnish kitchen furniture manufacturer Nobia has announced that it will be laying off around 100 employees. According to Nobia, these layoffs come as an effect of a slowing down in residential construction work, which has reduced the demand for kitchen furniture.
The layoffs will both affect blue-collar employees at the Nastola factory, as well as office-workers in Nastola, Vantaa, Forssa and Tampere. Furthermore, Nobia will reduce the number of its branches from four to two, with the expected closure of the Forssa and Tampere branches in 2024. According to numbers for 2022, Nobia employs 369 people throughout Finland.
Eurofound (2023), Nobia, Internal restructuring in Finland, factsheet number 200664, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/200664.
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