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Manufacturing (20 - 21) Manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals 21 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations 21 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
70 - 290 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
20 June 2008
Employment effect (start)
1 December 2009
Foreseen end date
1 January 2010
Description
The pharmaceutical company Glaxo Smith Kline has announced the closure of its manufacturing site in Fleurus (Hainaut) in December 2009 and the relocation of its activities to Rixensart (Brabant Wallon). Out of 290 workers employed at the site, 70 will take early retirement; it is still unknown the number of workers who will be offered to work at the site of Rixensart.
Sources
2 July 2008: Le Soir
21 June 2008: Le Soir
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Glaxo Smith Kline, Relocation in Belgium, factsheet number 66924, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/66924.