Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
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.
On 17 March 2009, Ahlers - a German manufacturer of men's clothing - announced that it would cut 770 jobs out of 2,800 worldwide. In Germany, 99 employees are affected out of a total of 730. However, most of the jobs will be lost at the company's sites in Poland. At the end of March 2009, two Polish production sites are to be closed down affecting 650 jobs. In additon, another 20 jobs will be reduced at another Polish site. Due to rising wage costs, the production is to be relocated to Sri Lanka.
Eurofound (2009), Ahlers, Offshoring/Delocalisation in European Union, factsheet number 68543, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/68543.