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Manufacturing (19) Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum 19.2 - Manufacture of refined petroleum products and fossil fuel products 19.2 - Manufacture of refined petroleum products and fossil fuel products
1,537 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
5 July 2003
Employment effect (start)
1 July 2003
Foreseen end date
1 December 2005
Description
The petrochimical group, ExxonMobil, announced a Europe-wide restructuring plan affecting 1537 jobs. The project aims to centralise the totality of the managerial teams in a single European centre, which will be based in a country at reduced social cost. In Europe, the group employs directly 24,000 persons on 29 units and owns 106,000 gas stations.
Sources
5 July 2003: Les Echos
Citation
Eurofound (2003), ExxonMobil, Internal restructuring in European Union, factsheet number 60053, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/60053.