Danish Crown

Type
Closure
Country
Denmark
Region
Danmark;
Location of affected unit(s)
Odense, Holbæk
Sector
Manufacturing
(10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage
10.1 - Processing and preserving of meat and production of meat products
10.11 - Processing and preserving of meat, except of poultry meat
1,000 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
8 October 2005
Employment effect (start)
1 November 2005
Foreseen end date
28 February 2006

Description

The food processing company Danish Crown will close its bacon factory in Odense by the end of February 2006 and a department in Holbæk by the end of March 2006. This will affect approximately 1,000 employees of which 840 work in Odense, the rest in Holbæk. It is not known precisely how many will be made redundant but the management informs that it will not be realistic to find work for all implicated employees. The employees will be offered jobs in the factories in Fåborg, Ringsted and Horsens. The reason for the closure is an expected decline in bacon production for 2006.

Sources

  • 9 October 2005: Berlingske Tidende

Citation

Eurofound (2005), Danish Crown, Closure in Denmark, factsheet number 62470, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/62470.