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 Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.86 - Manufacture of homogenised food preparations and dietetic food
180 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
17 October 2012
Employment effect (start)
17 October 2012
Foreseen end date
24 December 2012
Description
Abbott Ireland has announced that it is looking for up to 180 voluntary redundancies out of its 310 workforce at Abbott Nutrition in Sligo. It is reported that some jobs could be lost before Christmas.
The redundancies have been attributed to a “streamlining” of Abbott's global nutrition business. The Sligo plant is the oldest Abbott plant in the Republic and one of three operated by the multinational in the region.
The company has said that it hopes that the job losses can be secured through a voluntary redundancy programme, adding that it would conduct a 30-day consultation phase with workers.
Sources
18 October 2012: The Irish Times
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Abbott Nutrition, Internal restructuring in Ireland, factsheet number 74391, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74391.
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