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 Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery And Equipment 25 - Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
250 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
17 September 2009
Employment effect (start)
1 October 2009
Foreseen end date
31 July 2010
Description
The weapon-producing company Zakłady Metalowe MESKO based in Skarżysko Kamienna has announced a programme to reduce production costs by cutting employment by 250 jobs by the end of July 2010. The programme will start in the beginning of October 2009. The job losses are a response to the reduction of orders from the defence sector. Mesko manufactures a range of weapons and ammunition, machines and tools.
Sources
17 September 2009: Onet Webside
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Zakłady Metalowe MESKO, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 69575, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69575.
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