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Lietuva; Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas ; Utenos apskritis
Location of affected unit(s)
Utena
Sector
Transportation / Storage 49 - Land transport and transport via pipelines 49.4 - Freight transport by road and removal services 49.4 - Freight transport by road and removal services
139 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
17 December 2010
Employment effect (start)
31 December 2010
Foreseen end date
Description
On 17 December 2010, a carrier company operating in Utena Bleiras announced its bankruptcy and all 139 employees of the company were dismissed on December 31, 2010. Bleiras was established in 2000 in Utena. Its main activity was transportation of cars and other goods on a local and international scale. The company had subsidiary carrier companies in Russia and Ukraine.
Citation
Eurofound (2010), Bleiras, Bankruptcy in Lithuania, factsheet number 71397, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/71397.