Type
Closure
Country
Latvia
Region
Latvija; Kurzeme;
Location of affected unit(s)
Liepaja
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture Of Food And Beverage
Manufacture Of Food Products
10.81 - Manufacture of sugar

227 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
15 January 2007
Employment effect (start)
15 January 2007
Foreseen end date
1 September 2007

Description

Liepajas Cukurfabrika (LC), a sugar manufacturer, is closing down in compliance with the EU sugar reform. LC has informed the State Employment agency that it will dismiss 94 employees during the next two months. Next dismissals, affecting approximately 50 employees, will take place in August, while the remaining workers will be dismissed in September.

For more information, see EIRO report.


Sources

  • 24 January 2007: Dienas Bizness

Citation

Eurofound (2007), Liepajas Cukurfabrika, Closure in Latvia, factsheet number 64891, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64891.