Danish Crown

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Denmark
Region
Danmark; Midtjylland; Vestjylland
Location of affected unit(s)
Bjerringbro
Sector
Manufacturing
(10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage
10.1 - Processing and preserving of meat and production of meat products
10.11 - Processing and preserving of meat, except of poultry meat
480 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
3 September 2003
Employment effect (start)
1 December 2004
Foreseen end date
1 December 2004

Description

In September 2003 Danish Crown announced that the activities of the meat factory in Bjerringbro would be moved to a new and much bigger factory in Horsens. The Bjerringbro department will be closed by the end of 2004. The 480 employees will, if possible, be relocated to the new factory in Horsens or to other Danish Crown factories in Jutland.

Sources

  • 3 April 2003: www.jp.dk
  • 3 September 2003: www.nnf.dk
  • 3 April 2003: www.berlingske.dk

Citation

Eurofound (2003), Danish Crown, Internal restructuring in Denmark, factsheet number 59031, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/59031.