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.
Manufacturing Manufacture, Printing And Reproduction Of Recorded Media Printing And Reproduction Of Recorded Media 18 - Printing and reproduction of recorded media
230 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
12 October 2006
Employment effect (start)
1 June 2007
Foreseen end date
29 June 2007
Description
Canadian group Quebecor announced on 12 October 2006 its plans to close its printing activity in Hellemmes in the suburbs of Lille in June 2007. All 230 employees will lose their jobs. Trade union representatives are surprised at the scale of the plans, saying that in March the company had merely said that production would be reduced by 25%.
Quebecor World, which employs around 29,000 staff in total, is the world's largest printing group.
Eurofound (2006), Quebecor France, Closure in France, factsheet number 64249, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64249.
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