Jeyes

Type
Closure
Country
Czechia
Region
Česko; Severozápad; Ústecký kraj
Location of affected unit(s)
Kadaň
Sector
Manufacturing
(20 - 21) Manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals
20.4 - Manufacture of washing, cleaning and polishing preparations
20.41 - Manufacture of soap and detergents, cleaning and polishing preparations
427 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
23 March 2012
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 October 2012

Description

Jeyes, a UK-based company focused on the production of household detergents, has announced 427 job losses with the closure of its plant located in Kadaň by the end of October 2012.

Jeyes came to the Czech Republic in 2006 and launched the production at the Kadaň site a year later. The region has had the highest unemployment rate since 1990; there are currently 60,000 people unemployed in the region.

Sources

  • 23 March 2012: Finanční noviny

Citation

Eurofound (2012), Jeyes, Closure in Czechia, factsheet number 73347, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/73347.