Austria Tabak

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Austria
Region
Ostösterreich; Niederösterreich; Wiener Umland/Südteil
Location of affected unit(s)
Hainburg
Sector
Manufacturing
(12) Manufacture of tobacco products
12 - Manufacture of tobacco products
12 - Manufacture of tobacco products
European Globalisation Fund (EGF)
Year: 2011, Case number: 10
100 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
1 September 2009
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2009
Foreseen end date

Description

100 of the currently 360 employees of the Austria Tabak (AT) plant in Hainburg (Lower Austria) will lose their job. This was announced by an AT representative on 1 September 2009. The planned redundancies are due to permanently decreasing order intakes. The restructuring shall be carried out as soon as possible. AT is fully owned by the Japan Tobacco Int. group, which aims to concentrate production on a few sites.

Sources

  • 1 September 2009: Der Standard

Citation

Eurofound (2009), Austria Tabak, Internal restructuring in Austria, factsheet number 69617, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/69617.