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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.32 - Manufacture of fruit and vegetable juice
New offshoring locations
Denmark
120 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
11 October 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 June 2008
Description
Arla Foods is going to restructure its fruit juice production capacities. The company announced the closure of its plant in Alingsås, where some 120 people are currently employed, and the concentration of its activities in Ringe (Denmark). Arla Foods explained that there was an overcapacity and that the structure changes would create a long-term competitive and cost-efficient environment for the company. The redundancy plan is expected to be achieved by mid 2008.
Sources
11 October 2006: Sveriges Radio
11 October 2006: Press release by Arla Foods
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Arla Foods, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Sweden, factsheet number 64264, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64264.
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