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 Basic Metals 24 - Manufacture of basic metals
200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
12 November 2010
Employment effect (start)
30 November 2010
Foreseen end date
Description
Valsan, a manufacturer of metal components, has announced its closure in Perosinho (Vila Nova de Gaia) due to lack of financial viability, in spite of the financial support and capital injection of 2.5 million euros received from the government since 2001. This closure will result in the dismissal of 200 workers, some of them with over 40 years of job tenure. Some 30% of the wages from last October are still to be paid, as well as part of the holiday pay.
The Trade Union of Workers in Manufacturing Industry, Energy and Environmental Activities of the North
mentioned that Valsan's workers have been promised that a meeting with the Agency for Investment and External Trade (Agência para o Investimento e Comércio Externo) will be held in order to discuss possible interventions to reduce the social impact of the closure. The closure of the company will penalize a region already affected by the economic crisis.
Sources
19 November 2010: aBola
25 November 2010: tsf
12 November 2010: Jornal de Notícias
10 November 2010: esquerda.net
Citation
Eurofound (2010), Valsan, Closure in Portugal, factsheet number 71240, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71240.
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