Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Slovakia
Region
Zapadne Slovensko; Trnavsky kraj;
Location of affected unit(s)
Trnava
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing
Manufacture Of Furniture
31 - Manufacture of furniture

120 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
3 February 2009
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2009
Foreseen end date

Description

Furniture manufacturer Swedwood Spartan has announced 120 redundancies, mainly of manual workers, starting in Feburary at its plant in Trnava. The company is part of Swedwood which is the industrial arm of Swedish giant IKEA. Timeline for the job cuts has not yet been announced.


Sources

  • 3 February 2009: Hospodárske noviny ()

Citation

Eurofound (2009), Swedwood Spartan, Internal restructuring in Slovakia, factsheet number 68215, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68215.