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Manufacturing (10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage 10.8 - Manufacture of other food products 10.81 - Manufacture of sugar
300 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
4 January 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Krajowa Spółka Cukrowa has announced that it is to cut 300 jobs with the closing of its Łapy sugar refinery (Cukrownia “Łapy”) by Białystok. This decision follows the European Union injunction according to which Poland must reduce its sugar production by 13.5%.
Sources
4 January 2008: Tygodnik Solidarność
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Cukrownia, Closure in Poland, factsheet number 66180, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/66180.