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 (12) Manufacture of tobacco products 12 - Manufacture of tobacco products 12 - Manufacture of tobacco products
338 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
19 June 2008
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2009
Foreseen end date
31 December 2010
Description
The Spanish-French tobacco company Altadis announced the closure of their plant in Alicante, with the loss of 338 jobs, and further restructuring in their other Spanish plants. The trade unions UGT has rejected the plan.
Eurofound (2008), Altadis, Closure in Spain, factsheet number 66771, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/66771.