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 (10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage 10 - Manufacture of food products 10 - Manufacture of food products
1,000 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
11 January 2012
Employment effect (start)
11 January 2012
Foreseen end date
Description
USA headquartered agribusiness and food processing firm Archer Daniels Midland will cut 1000 workers globally as a result of increased commodities prices.
The company will offer voluntary early retirement to US workers before progressing to a redundancy programme. It is therefore not yet clear how many workers outside the US will be affected. EU locations for Archer Daniels Midland include the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and the UK.
The cuts will be made among the firm's corporate staff, which will be reduced by 15 per cent.
Sources
11 January 2012: The Financial Times
11 January 2012: Huffington Post
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Archer Daniels Midland, Internal restructuring in World, factsheet number 72954, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/72954.
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