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.
Linz (Westösterreich)
Brunn am Gebirge (Ostösterreich)
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products 23 - Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products
150 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
13 May 2004
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The British concern Pilkington, one of the world's largest manufacturers of glass products for the building and the automotive sectors, runs several smaller subsidiaries in Austria. Two of them, both specialised in the manufacture of glass and glazing products for building, will be closed down within an unspecified period. According to the management, 150 of about 600 workers employed in Austria thus stand to be dismissed. It claimed that worsening marketing conditions, involving a steep fall in prices over the recent years, would make the closure of the two sites inevitable.
Sources
13 May 2004: Der Standard
Citation
Eurofound (2004), Pilkington Bauglas, Closure in Austria, factsheet number 60392, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/60392.
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