Colgate-Palmolive

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
European Union
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Manufacturing
(20 - 21) Manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals
20.4 - Manufacture of washing, cleaning and polishing preparations
20.4 - Manufacture of washing, cleaning and polishing preparations
800 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
28 October 2003
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

The american group, Colgate-Palmolive, announced a restructuring plan affecting 800 jobs Europe-wide. 200 jobs will be suppressed in France in the framework of the sales to Procter and Gamble. Around 600 other jobs will be dismissed in Denmark and Portugal.

Sources

  • 28 October 2003: Les Echos

Citation

Eurofound (2003), Colgate-Palmolive, Internal restructuring in European Union, factsheet number 60128, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/60128.