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.
Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai said it was building a £75 million research and manufacturing centre in Hertfordshire which would create 500 jobs. Eisai, one of the world's top 20 pharmaceutical companies, already has a research and development facility at University College London. But the new Hatfield plant will be the first time a Japanese pharmaceutical company has opened a manufacturing facility in the UK.
Trade minister Ian Pearson said the Amgen and Eisai decisions in January 2006 demonstrated Britain's attractiveness as a location for pharmaceutical and biotech companies. 'These two significant investments reinforce the UK's position as having the largest biotech sector in Europe. Both the Amgen and Eisai investments show that our research and development capability is truly world class.'
Eurofound (2006), Eisai, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 62822, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/62822.
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...
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