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 Wood And Paper Materials Manufacture Of Wood And Of Products Of Wood And Cork, Except Furniture; Manufacture Of Articles Of Straw And Plaiting Materials 16 - Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials
250 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
8 July 2011
Employment effect (start)
8 July 2011
Foreseen end date
Description
German wood processor Rettenmeier is closing its production sites in Gaildorf (Germany) and Polomka (Slovakia), which will affect 250 employees.
Rettenmeier processes and refines solid wood products. The company faces comprehensive restructuring. Apart from the closure of the two production facilities, other plants in Germany (Gaildorf, Hirschberg and Wilburgstetten) and Slovakia (Tatra) might be affected. Over the next years, the company claims to re-focus on its core activities and to give up non-core activities.
Eurofound (2011), Rettenmeier, Closure in European Union, factsheet number 72728, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72728.
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