Type
Other
Country
Hungary
Region
Alfod es Eszak; Del-Alfold; Bekes
Location of affected unit(s)
Békéscsaba
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture Of Food And Beverage
Manufacture Of Food Products
10.1 - Processing and preserving of meat and production of meat products

400 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
21 March 2006
Employment effect (start)
21 April 2006
Foreseen end date

Description

The Carnex group, Hungary's second largest meat processing company, announced collective redundancies affecting 400 workers in one of its plants in the South East of Hungary. The Békéscsaba plant, which processes poultry meat, currently has 800 employees. The group spokesperson announced that, due to news about bird flu, poultry consumption has decreased by 20% in the past five weeks, causing major losses for the company. The lay-offs would take effect within a month after the announcement and have been reported to the country’s unemployment office. Some workers will be offered jobs at other plants belonging to the group some 40 kilometres away from Békéscsaba but at present it is not known how many will be able to take on commuting. Production is said to be resumed when the market allows.


Sources

  • 23 March 2006: Népszabadság online

Citation

Eurofound (2006), Békéscsabai Baromfi-feldolgozó, Other in Hungary, factsheet number 63240, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63240.