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.
Boehringer Ingelheim, the German pharmaceutical company, is cutting 146 jobs in the Rhône region. The majority of the job losse will affect the Gerland site in Lyon. According to the FO trade union, the company has not been transparent since the takeover of the health department of Sanofi in 2018. A previous job-saving plan was implemented in 2022. The restructuring appears to due to a lack of investment in production sites, as well as the impact of restructuring on productivity and skill loss. The trade union Force Ouvrière has reacted strongly, demanding that no layoffs occur and urging the company to invest in the site.
Several large restructurings have been recorded in the ERM database, with around to 327 to 507 job cuts in 2018 Boehringer Ingelheim France 2018 - FR
Eurofound (2025), Boehringer-Ingelgeim France, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 203623, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/203623.
Eurofound’s ERM restructuring legislation database offers an overview of key restructuring-related regulations in the EU Member States and Norway. Its content is continuously updated to reflect any changes made by national legislators in response to, for instance, policy shifts, legal...
Can Europe still achieve its ambitions for battery manufacturing? To answer this, the article looks at data from Eurofound’s European Restructuring Monitor and explores what recent large-scale restructuring events reveal about the state of play in the EU battery sector.
This working paper offers a comprehensive methodological overview of the European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) databases. Even though the methodology has not changed over time, new categories have been added, and the way it has been used by researchers and policymakers...
This Eurofound research paper explores key trends in restructuring in recent years, highlighting the companies that announced the largest job losses and job gains in the EU. It builds on an analysis of company announcements recorded in Eurofound’s European Restructuring...
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