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Manufacturing (24 - 25) Manufacture of metals 24.5 - Casting of metals 24.5 - Casting of metals
355 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
8 September 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The supervisory board and the general meeting of HMN Szopienice (Huta Metali Nieżelaznych Szopienice), the metals smelter, have decided on 1 September 2008 to shut down its steel mill. The company registered a loss of more than PLN 88 million for 2007. Job losses will affect the 355 employees.
Sources
8 September 2008: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł Webside (www.wnp.pl)
Citation
Eurofound (2008), HMN Szopienice, Closure in Poland, factsheet number 67065, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/67065.