Parkside Performance Films

Type
Closure
Country
United Kingdom
Region
West Midlands (England); West Midlands; Birmingham
Location of affected unit(s)
Barnsley
Sector
Manufacturing
(22 - 23) Manufacture of rubber, plastic and non-metallic minerals
22.2 - Manufacture of plastic products
22.22 - Manufacture of plastic packing goods
400 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
17 December 2004
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

A packaging company in Barnsley is to close with the loss of 400 jobs.

Parkside Performance Films at Darton has been in administration since 23 November and attempts to sell the business have failed.

About half the workforce were made redundant on Friday 17 December 2004. The other employees are being kept on for a short time to finish existing orders.

The company says it has been hit by rising raw material costs and the Darton plant has been losing money. The Parkside factories at Normanton in West Yorkshire and Zlotow in Poland are not affected.

Sources

  • 17 December 2004: BBC News

Citation

Eurofound (2004), Parkside Performance Films, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 60922, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/60922.