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 (13 - 15) Manufacture of textiles, apparel and leather 14 - Manufacture of wearing apparel 14 - Manufacture of wearing apparel
318 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
25 November 2008
Employment effect (start)
15 December 2008
Foreseen end date
31 December 2008
Description
Due to restructuring, Slovak garment manufacturer Zekon will close its production plant in Humené, where all 318 employees will be redundant by the end of 2008. About 80 of them might find a temporary job in Zekon’s main plant in Michalovce.
Sources
25 November 2008: SME
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Zekon, Closure in Slovakia, factsheet number 67551, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/67551.