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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.3 - Processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables
250 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
10 April 2012
Employment effect (start)
30 June 2012
Foreseen end date
Description
AR Industrie Alimentari (AR), one of Italian leaders in the food market, is to close its plants in Sant'Antonio Abate, in the province of Naples, with the consequent loss of 250 jobs.
The Sant'Antonio Abate plants are specialized in the transformation of tomatoes and production of plum peeled, chopped and concentrated tomatoes. Production should be relocated to the company's plants in Foggia.
The trade unions have asked the involvement of local authorities in order to avoid the closure of the plants.
Sources
12 April 2012: Il Gazzettino Vesuviano
11 April 2012: NapoliToday
Citation
Eurofound (2012), AR Industrie Alimentari, Relocation in Italy, factsheet number 73401, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73401.
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