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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.51 - Operation of dairies and cheese making
143 jobs Number of planned job losses
43 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 January 2012
Employment effect (start)
31 March 2012
Foreseen end date
30 June 2013
Description
In a press release from January 18th, 2012 the management of the Denmark-based multinational dairy group Arla Foods announced that 143 people will be affected by relocation. The production of cheese in the two dairies in Klovborg and Hjørring will be relocated to the dairy in Taulov. As a consequence the dairies in Klovborg and Hjørring will be closed, the former on the 31st of March 2012 the latter in mid-2013.
Consequently, 106 employees in Hjørring and 37 in Klovborg will lose their jobs. However, the concentration of activities in Taulov results in 43 new jobs, which brings the total redundancies to 100.
Arla has 16,000 employees worldwide.
Sources
18 January 2012: Arla press release
18 January 2012: Avisen.dk
18 January 2012: Ugeavisen.dk
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Arla, Relocation in Denmark, factsheet number 73005, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73005.
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