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Manufacturing (26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products 27.4 - Manufacture of lighting equipment 27.4 - Manufacture of lighting equipment
100 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
8 October 2009
Employment effect (start)
1 December 2009
Foreseen end date
31 March 2010
Description
On 8 October 2009 Danish manufacturer of lighting equipment Martin Professional, based in Frederikshavn, announced that one of the its two factories in Frederikshavn (Saltebakken) will be closed and 100 employees will be made redundant. In August, Martin dismissed 140 employees in both factories after trying to avoid redundancies through work-sharing.
Eurofound (2009), Martin Professional, Closure in Denmark, factsheet number 69766, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/69766.