Type
Closure
Country
Germany
Region
Hessen; Darmstadt; Darmstadt-Dieburg
Location of affected unit(s)
Mühltal
Sector
Administrative Services
Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities
Business Support Service Activities N.E.C.
82.92 - Packaging activities

145 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
1 January 2006
Employment effect (start)
30 September 2006
Foreseen end date
30 September 2006

Description

Alcan Packaging Mühltal, a producer of packaging material belonging to the American Alcan group, will close its factory by the end of September 2006. The management will work out a redundancy programme with the employees' representatives. Labour costs in Germany are said to be too high to keep the factory running.


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2006), Alcan Packaging, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 62704, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62704.