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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products 23.14 - Manufacture of glass fibres
230 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
24 August 2011
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Ahlstrom Glassfibre has announced redundancies of up to 230 workers in two of its units in Finland. The company starts mandatory negotiations with employee representatives on the proposed cuts.
The company is part of Ahlstrom Group, a high performance materials manufacturer. The two units are located in Karhula and Mikkeli, and they produce glassfibre, specialty reinforments, and glassfibre tissue. Ahlstrom cites as reasons increased competition in the markets and inability to to compensate for higher production costs in its selling prices. Temporary lay-offs are also considered as an option to permanent ones.
Sources
24 August 2011: Taloussanomat
24 August 2011: Helsingin Sanomat
24 August 2011: Tekniikka & Talous
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Ahlstrom Glassfibre, Internal restructuring in Finland, factsheet number 72306, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72306.
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