Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
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.
After the acquisition of 75% of the operations of the Marconi group, which concern the telecommunication equipment and international services businesses, both in the UK and worldwide, the Ericsson group has announced that some 1,000 redundancies across Italy, UK, Germany and the United States will take place. According to Ericsson, the take over will produce important synergies for the group and bring an increase in total turnover of about GBP 1 billion, while a positive effect on profits will be seen from 2007. Marconi had recently passed through a difficult period, after a restructuring process and the failure in April 2005 of a bid for taking part in the '21st Century Network' project of British Telecom. Marconi will be renamed Telent, whereas the brand could be maintained, since it was acquired for its market reputation.
Eurofound (2005), Telent (Marconi), Merger/Acquisition in World, factsheet number 62736, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/62736.
Eurofound’s ERM restructuring legislation database offers an overview of key restructuring-related regulations in the EU Member States and Norway. Its content is continuously updated to reflect any changes made by national legislators in response to, for instance, policy shifts, legal...
Can Europe still achieve its ambitions for battery manufacturing? To answer this, the article looks at data from Eurofound’s European Restructuring Monitor and explores what recent large-scale restructuring events reveal about the state of play in the EU battery sector.
This working paper offers a comprehensive methodological overview of the European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) databases. Even though the methodology has not changed over time, new categories have been added, and the way it has been used by researchers and policymakers...
This Eurofound research paper explores key trends in restructuring in recent years, highlighting the companies that announced the largest job losses and job gains in the EU. It builds on an analysis of company announcements recorded in Eurofound’s European Restructuring...
In 2023, thousands of workers in big tech lost their jobs. Meta, Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft and Salesforce had been considered to offer good and secure jobs up to this point. Giants of the information and communication technology (ICT) sector,...
In 2024, the automotive sector in the EU came to the fore in public and policy discussions. The focus was on the slowdown in electric vehicle (EV) sales, rising global competition, belated investments in new technologies, and the potential closure...
