Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Slovakia
Region
Vychodne Slovensko; Kosicky kraj;
Location of affected unit(s)
Michalovce
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing
Other Manufacturing
32 - Other manufacturing

240 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
3 April 2009
Employment effect (start)
1 May 2009
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009

Description

Danish medical instrument producer Unomedical has announced that 240 out of 866 employees are to be made redundant in its Michalovce production plant. Dismissals will take place from May to December 2009. Redundancies are caused by planned substantial restructuring of Unomedical production and commercial units in Europe. Delocalisation of all production activities from Denmark to Slovakia is foreseen.


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2009), Unomedical, Internal restructuring in Slovakia, factsheet number 68744, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68744.