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 Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Manufacture Of Furniture 31 - Manufacture of furniture
112 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
14 March 2009
Employment effect (start)
1 October 2008
Foreseen end date
30 April 2009
Description
Merkscha, which manufactures wooden furniture, in Celje, is to lay of 54 employees, having already laid off 58 in 2008. Based in Celje in the Savinjska region, the company is owned by the Austrian parent company Merkscha. Merkscha is engaged in the wood processing industry, and manufactures wooden furniture. It has seen a reduction in orders since the second half of 2008. As a consequence, in 2008, it reduced the number of its employees by 58 and will shortly lay off another 54 employees. Thus, the number of employees will be reduced from 232 to 120.
Sources
14 March 2009: Delo
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Merkscha, Internal restructuring in Slovenia, factsheet number 68497, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68497.
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