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.
Ostösterreich; Niederösterreich; Wiener Umland/Nordteil
Location of affected unit(s)
Hainburg
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Tobacco Products 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
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://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69617.
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