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Manufacturing (19) Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum 19.2 - Manufacture of refined petroleum products and fossil fuel products 19.2 - Manufacture of refined petroleum products and fossil fuel products
230 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
20 May 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009
Description
Unipetrol, a large petrochemical company, has announced that it is to cut 230 jobs (instead of previously announced 320) out of more than 4,000 across the Czech Republic during 2009 due to the global financial crisis.
Sources
1 September 2009: Hospodárske noviny
20 May 2009: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Unipetrol, Internal restructuring in Czechia, factsheet number 68940, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/68940.