ZUGIL

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Poland
Region
Makroregion centralny; Łódzkie; Sieradzki
Location of affected unit(s)
Wieluń
Sector
Manufacturing
(24 - 25) Manufacture of metals
25 - Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
25 - Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
300 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
300 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
15 November 2011
Employment effect (start)
15 November 2011
Foreseen end date

Description

A Polish metal processing company ZUGIL (Zakład Urządzeń Galwanicznych i Lakierniczych) in Wieluń announced plans to dismiss 300 people.

The company gave as a reason the crisis in the automotive market in Europe. According to the company its customers from Germany and Sweden have limited their business activities. Witold Jajszczok, a spokesman of Gwarant Group, said that ZUGIL has been strongly affected by the lack of new orders.

ZUGIL is a Polish company founded in 1948. The company supplies galvanizing and painting equipment's manufacturing as well as machines and buildings steel constructions for European customers.

Sources

  • 15 November 2011: Rzeczpospolita ()

Citation

Eurofound (2011), ZUGIL, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 72753, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/72753.