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Manufacturing (20 - 21) Manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals 20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
2,000 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
2 November 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
On 2 November 2006, the chemical company BASF announced another cost-saving programm which will lead to the cut of about 2,000 of its current 94,000 jobs worldwide.
Job cuts will affect BASF subsidiaries in Germany, Spain, China and the USA.
Sources
3 November 2006: Financial Times Deutschland
Citation
Eurofound (2006), BASF, Internal restructuring in World, factsheet number 64380, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/64380.