Huntsman Pigments

Type
Closure
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Yorkshire and The Humber; East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire; North and North East Lincolnshire
Location of affected unit(s)
Grimsby
Sector
Manufacturing
(20 - 21) Manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals
20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
201 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
22 January 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 March 2009

Description

Huntsman Pigments, a division of the chemical company Huntsman Corporation, is to close its Grimsby plant with the loss of 201 jobs by the end of March 2009. The job cuts will affect 126 full-time and 75 contracted staff. The company blamed the losses on the falling demand for its titanium oxide pigment.

Sources

  • 22 January 2009: BBC News

Citation

Eurofound (2009), Huntsman Pigments, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 67925, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/67925.