Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
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Metso Corporation, a global supplier of process industry machinery and systems, has announced plans to cut its workforce by 1,000 employees worldwide, mainly in Nordic countries and North America. The cuts are carried out to achieve cost savings. On 2 September 2004, Metso Corporation's programme for Metso Paper to reduce annual fixed costs by a total of € 50 million is advancing. In the framework of that plan,, Metso Paper will initiate within the next few weeks employee negotiations concerning approximately 700 jobs in Finland, Sweden and North America.
Eurofound (2004), Metso, Internal restructuring in World, factsheet number 60478, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/60478.