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 Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment 27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment
400 - 500 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
13 February 2009
Employment effect (start)
28 February 2009
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009
Description
Gorenje, a manufacturer of household appliances, is to make redundant 400 to 500 employees by the end of 2009 because orders have fallen by 20-30% in the first two months of 2009 due to worsening market conditions. Gorenje is a Slovenian blue-chip household appliance manufacturer of appliances such as refrigerators, kitchen ranges, complete kitchens, TV sets etc. It currently employs 5187 people (down 295 from a year earlier) throughout Slovenia, but predominantly in the town of Velenje in the Savinjska region.
Sources
13 February 2009: Delo
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Gorenje, Internal restructuring in Slovenia, factsheet number 68267, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68267.
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