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 (16 - 17) Manufacture of wood and paper materials 17 - Manufacture of paper and paper products 17 - Manufacture of paper and paper products
189 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
23 November 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2008
Foreseen end date
31 December 2008
Description
Novacare, a firm that produces disposables nappies, has announced that it is to cut 189 jobs at its site in Laval-sur-Vologne. 580 are employed at the Laval-sur-Vologne plant, and the job losses will be implemented during 2008. Trade unions at the firm have requested technical experts to check the ‘viability’ of the restructuring plan. Novacare is a part of the U.S. owned Mattlin Patterson group.
Sources
29 November 2007: L'Humanité Dimanche
26 November 2007: Les Echos
24 November 2007: AFP
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Novacare, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 66062, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/66062.