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.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Material For Textiles, Apparel, Leather And Related Products Manufacture Of Textiles 13 - Manufacture of textiles
150 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
22 November 2005
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Trikon, a textile company from Kocevje (Notranjska region), went bankrupt after it failed to keep up with fierce domestic market conditions, the management stated. All 150, mainly female, workers face unemployment. Some of them might return in March 2006 if management succeeds in attracting a new foreign business partner.
The workers went on strike in late november to claim due payments from previous months.
Sources
22 November 2005: Delo
22 November 2005: Dnevnik
23 November 2005: Delo
Citation
Eurofound (2005), Trikon, Bankruptcy in Slovenia, factsheet number 62539, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62539.
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