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 Of Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Chemicals And Chemical Products 20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
254 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
26 October 2006
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2007
Foreseen end date
31 December 2008
Description
The American chemical group, Huntsman International LLC, announced on 26 October 2006 that the factory in Saint Fons (Rhône) will close before the end of 2008.
The factory employs 254 people and its activity is the manufacturing of synthetic rubber. All jobs are to be lost between January 2007 and December 2008.
Huntsman International LLC is to propose a plan of restructuring but the details are unknown at this stage. In June 2006, the group Huntsman International LLC acquired Ciba, a Swiss competitor.
Sources
27 October 2006: La Tribune
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Huntsman, Closure in France, factsheet number 64308, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64308.
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