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Manufacturing (10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage 11.0 - Manufacture of beverages 11.05 - Manufacture of beer
200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
12 May 2009
Employment effect (start)
15 May 2009
Foreseen end date
Description
Ursus Breweries, the Romanian subsidiary of SABMiller group, has announced the dismissal of all 200 employees with the closure of the Bere Azuga beer factory. In 2008, the company reported a turnover of EUR 7.7 million (with 4% more than in 2007) and financial losses of EUR 6 million.
Eurofound (2009), Bere Azuga, Closure in Romania, factsheet number 69001, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/69001.