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 Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10 - Manufacture of food products
136 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
20 November 2008
Employment effect (start)
1 December 2008
Foreseen end date
30 April 2009
Description
Thrace, a meat processing company in Ferres (Evros), is to close with the loss of 136 jobs by April 2009. On 6th November 2008, a delegation of employees met the General Secretaries of the Ministries of Finance and Employment in order to be given reassurances about the future of the company. Employees hope that a new investor will be found so that the company will continue to operate. However, according to the President of the local 'Labour Centre' in Alexandroupoli, 38 employees have already lost their jobs.
Thrace is a company operating in the production, processing, and distribution of meat and cooked pork meat.
Sources
20 November 2008: Nea
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Thrace, Closure in Greece, factsheet number 67421, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67421.
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