Unilever

Type
Closure
Country
Spain
Region
Comunidad de Madrid; Comunidad de Madrid; Madrid
Location of affected unit(s)
Aranjuez
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
166 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
7 June 2012
Employment effect (start)
7 June 2012
Foreseen end date

Description

Multinational enterprise Unilever has applied for a redundancy procedure affecting the entire workforce of its plant located in Aranjuez. 166 people will be affected by the closure of the plant, which is specialised in the manufacturing of soap. The closure is blamed on the reduction of sales in Europe.

Sources

  • 7 June 2012: Europapress

Citation

Eurofound (2012), Unilever, Closure in Spain, factsheet number 73695, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/73695.