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.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products 23.51 - Manufacture of cement
270 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
19 October 2004
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
German cement producer HeidelbergCement AG, parent company of the Dutch cement factory ENCI, announced the cut of 270 jobs in the Netherlands. ENCI has a total 1,200 employees in the Netherlands, of whom some 600 work in the company's cement division. ENCI will close its stony oven in Maastricht. ENCI's grinding unit, active in the production of cement, will continue operating. The seven production facilities of the grinding unit in the Netherlands and Belgium will remain operational.
Sources
19 October 2004: Eindhovens Dagblad
Citation
Eurofound (2004), ENCI, Internal restructuring in Netherlands, factsheet number 60679, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/60679.
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