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 Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
384 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
1 April 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Manitou, a producer of fork-lift trucks, is to cut 384 jobs. 264 job cuts were announced at the beginning of 2009, and another 120 in April 2009. The restructuring plan will reportedly be implemented on a voluntary basis rather than through compulsory redundancies. The cuts will concern Manitou BF in Ancenis, Cimm in Candé, BTMI in Beaupréau and Aumont in Laillé.
At the end of 2008 the company employed 1,400 workers in Ancenis, France.
Eurofound (2009), Manitou, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 69066, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69066.
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