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 Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery And Equipment 25 - Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
123 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
27 June 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 October 2007
Foreseen end date
1 October 2008
Description
On 27 June 2007 Gantois, a French metal processing group, announced to the work's council that 123 jobs will be cut between October 2007 and October 2008 in its factory in Saint-Dié (Vosges). The group has financial problems and had already cut some 110 jobs since 2004. Gantois is a French manufacturer of fabrics and metal cloths, perforated sheets, nettings and finished products.
Sources
29 June 2007: Challenges
29 June 2007: Investir
26 June 2007: Les Echos
20 June 2007: Usine Nouvelle
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Etablissements Gantois, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 65570, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65570.
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