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.
Electrolux Group, a Swedish multinational active in the household appliances manufacturing sector, announced a restructuring initiative in Italy involving around 1,700 redundancies, affecting production workers across all domestic sites and including the planned shutdown of the Cerreto d’Esi (Ancona) plant, with consequences for several local areas.
The plan, presented in May 2026 during a national coordination meeting held in Venice, forms part of a wider global strategy to adjust industrial capacity in response to sustained weak demand in the European market, intensifying competition, high cost structures and increasing operational complexity; overall, the measures are expected to impact close to 40% of the Italian workforce, with notable effects also foreseen at other facilities such as Forlì.
In reaction to the announcement, trade unions Fim, Fiom and Uilm rejected the restructuring proposal and declared a permanent state of industrial action, calling for eight hours of nationwide strike action across all Italian Electrolux plants, while appealing for urgent intervention by the Italian government through the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy and for the involvement of local and national authorities in discussions aimed at protecting employment levels and ensuring the continuation of industrial activities.
Updated, 12/05/2026 In November 2026, Electrolux confirmed the 1,700 job cuts announced nationwide, including the closure of the Cerreto d’Esi plant and the loss of 400 positions at its Forlì site. Trade unions have intensified strikes and demonstrations, while the Italian Minister of Enterprises convened a national roundtable on 25 May 2026 to discuss safeguarding measures for affected workers.
Updated, 27/05/2026 At a meeting on 25 May 2026, Electrolux confirmed around 1,719 redundancies in Italy, detailing cuts across several sites, including 262 at Porcia and reductions in Susegana, Solaro and Forlì, as well as about 750 white-collar roles.The company also reconfirmed the closure of the Cerreto d’Esi plant.
The Italian government strongly opposed the plan, urging a halt to unilateral actions and scheduling further talks on 15 June.
Eurofound (2026), Electrolux, in Italy, factsheet number 300365, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/300365.
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