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The Dutch group, Koninklijke Wessanen, decided to concentrate all its belgian production activities - 'Convenience Food Group', snacks frozen and component for meal of the marks Beckers and Vegeta - at the Bocholt unit. 84 workers are affected by the measure. The restructuring announcement is part of the world-wide plan of Koninklijke Wessanen, the Dutch group will remove more than 1000 employment (more than 10% of the workers).
Sources
28 October 2003: Les Echos
3 October 2003: Les Echos
Citation
Eurofound (2003), Koninklijke Wessanen, Internal restructuring in Belgium, factsheet number 59825, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/59825.