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Manufacturing (10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage 10 - Manufacture of food products 10 - Manufacture of food products
68 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
23 August 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
On 23 August 2005, the food producer HK Ruokatalo, started cooperation negotiations with its employees in order to cut jobs.
The company is renewing its pork slaughtering line, implementing a quick carcass refrigeration plant and improving other facilities With greater efficiency, the new line will require fewer people than the former one. The company expects around 68 jobs to be lost.
Sources
23 August 2005: Helsingin Sanomat
Citation
Eurofound (2005), HK Ruokatalo, Internal restructuring in Finland, factsheet number 62138, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/62138.