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Manufacturing (22 - 23) Manufacture of rubber, plastic and non-metallic minerals 22.2 - Manufacture of plastic products 22.22 - Manufacture of plastic packing goods
160 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
24 June 2008
Employment effect (start)
30 September 2008
Foreseen end date
31 December 2008
Description
Mondi Packaging, producer of plastic packaging in Nyborg, Fuen, is to close with the loss of 160 jobs. The buildings have been sold and the employees will be dismissed in three groups. The first group will leave on 30 September, the next group on 31 October and the rest of the employees will phase out the activities and the factory will close on 31 December 2008. Part of the production will move to England from the beginning of 2009. The local union, 3F, is preparing a continuing vocational training programme for the redundant with the aim to find new jobs.
Mondi is an international paper and packaging group, with 35,000 employees across 35 countries.
Sources
24 June 2008: Fyns Amts Avis
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Mondi Packaging, Closure in Denmark, factsheet number 67011, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/67011.