Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
Germany
Region
Berlin;
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture Of Tobacco Products
Manufacture Of Tobacco Products
12 - Manufacture of tobacco products
New offshoring locations
Poland

200 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
22 September 2005
Employment effect (start)
1 October 2005
Foreseen end date
30 September 2006

Description

British tobacco company Imperial Tobacco will cut 200 jobs at its cigarette factory in Berlin and transfer production to Poland. The fourth-largest tobacco-company in the world plans to save £10 million per year. Affected workers will be offered jobs at Imperial Tobacco's other factories in Langenhagen (Germany) or Tarnowo (Poland).


Sources

  • 24 September 2005: Berliner Morgenpost

Citation

Eurofound (2005), Reemtsma, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Germany, factsheet number 62321, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62321.