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.
Schneider Electric Bulgaria will built a second factory near the village of Radinovo, near Plovdiv. This was announced on the web-site of the Bulgarian Privatization Agency. The expansion plan of the company foresees to invest BGN 31 million during the first stage of the project in the period 2006 - 2008. This will include the construction of workshops, stores and offices. Some 320 jobs will be created in the company itself at this stage, with another 150 in supply and service companies. The second phase is foreseen for 2009 - 2011, when another 430 new jobs will be created.
Schneider Electric Bulgaria is a subsidiary of Schneider Electric Industries SAS -France, one of the world's largest manufacturers of equipment for electrical distribution and industrial control and automation employing 85,000 people worldwide. Schneider Electric Bulgaria operates another factory in Bulgaria with 250 employees, situated near the town of Peroustitsa.
Eurofound (2006), Schneider Electric Bulgaria, Business expansion in Bulgaria, factsheet number 63270, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/63270.
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...
