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.
North East; Tees Valley and Durham; South Teesside
Location of affected unit(s)
Eaglescliffe
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Chemicals And Chemical Products 20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
120 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
15 November 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Eaglescliffe-based Elementis Chromium, a Teesside chemical plant said 120 jobs cuts are needed as part of a restructuring process at the site. A spokesman for the Transport and General Workers' Union said: 'The failure of Elementis Chromium and their shareholders to provide answers for the future of the Eaglescliffe plant, has prompted the start of a balloting process which could lead to strike action.'
Sources
15 November 2005: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2005), Elementis Chromium, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 62517, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62517.
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