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 (24 - 25) Manufacture of metals 25.4 - Forging and shaping metal and powder metallurgy 25.4 - Forging and shaping metal and powder metallurgy
160 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
21 November 2011
Employment effect (start)
21 November 2011
Foreseen end date
31 March 2012
Description
ŽDB Group, a Czech metallurgical company located in Bohumín, has closed its rolling mill and will dismiss all 160 workers due to a financial loss amounting to CZK 360 million (EUR 14.4 million) over the past couple of years. The redundany procedure is expected to be concluded by March 2012. Currently, the firm employs a total of 2,175 workers.
Trade unions have maintained strike readiness since the end of October in order to fulfill collective agreement. The management of the company has announced its plan to divide the whole group into various independent units as of January 2012.
Sources
21 November 2011: Finanční noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2011), ŽDB Group, Closure in Czechia, factsheet number 72757, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/72757.
Eurofound’s ERM restructuring legislation database offers an overview of key restructuring-related regulations in the EU Member States and Norway. Its content is continuously updated to reflect any changes made by national legislators in response to, for instance, policy shifts, legal...
Can Europe still achieve its ambitions for battery manufacturing? To answer this, the article looks at data from Eurofound’s European Restructuring Monitor and explores what recent large-scale restructuring events reveal about the state of play in the EU battery sector.
This working paper offers a comprehensive methodological overview of the European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) databases. Even though the methodology has not changed over time, new categories have been added, and the way it has been used by researchers and policymakers...
This Eurofound research paper explores key trends in restructuring in recent years, highlighting the companies that announced the largest job losses and job gains in the EU. It builds on an analysis of company announcements recorded in Eurofound’s European Restructuring...
In 2023, thousands of workers in big tech lost their jobs. Meta, Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft and Salesforce had been considered to offer good and secure jobs up to this point. Giants of the information and communication technology (ICT) sector,...
In 2024, the automotive sector in the EU came to the fore in public and policy discussions. The focus was on the slowdown in electric vehicle (EV) sales, rising global competition, belated investments in new technologies, and the potential closure...