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.
Espersen, one of Europe's largest fish processors, has announced the closure of its plant in Klaip da and the transfer of production to Koszalin in Poland. Espersen Lietuva, which operated in the Klaip da free economic zone, was mainly active in the processing and preservation of shellfish and molluscs.
The company informed PES that it would lay off 95 of its 288 employees. The main redundancies are of production workers (72) and equipment washing operators (11). Atlas Premium Lietuva, owned by Norway's Hofseth International, plans to acquire the Klaip da plant. The 95 workers currently being made redundant do not agree to continue working after the change of ownership, while the other 193 will remain in the Klaip da factory.
According to Espersen, the decision to transfer production from Lithuania to Poland is part of the strategic consolidation of the company's European operations and is linked to changing market conditions and the need to optimise operational efficiency. Espersen specialises in the processing of frozen fish blocks, fillets and breadcrumbed fish products, mainly cod, haddock and saithe. In addition to plants in Poland and Lithuania, the company also has operations in Denmark, the UK and Vietnam.
Eurofound (2025), Espersen Lietuva, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Lithuania, factsheet number 202820, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/202820.
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