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 Material For Textiles, Apparel, Leather And Related Products Manufacture Of Textiles 13 - Manufacture of textiles
70 - 100 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
1 April 2009
Employment effect (start)
10 April 2009
Foreseen end date
10 September 2009
Description
Labod from Novo Mesto in the Jugovzhodna Slovenija region is a producer of men and women clothes, including shirts and underwear, which employs 190 workers. Due to reduced orders and sales, the company faces severe problems; the loss in 2008 amounted to EUR 0.6 million, while the accumulated loss is EUR 1.8 million. As a consequence, the management and the owners have launched a liquidation procedure. The result will be a liquidation of the existing and creation of two new companies. 70 to 100 employees will lose thier jobs.
Sources
14 April 2009: Delo
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Labod, Bankruptcy in Slovenia, factsheet number 68680, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68680.
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