HK Scan

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
European Union
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sweden, Denmark
Sector
Manufacturing
(10 - 11) Manufacture of food and beverage
10.1 - Processing and preserving of meat and production of meat products
10.13 - Production of meat and poultry meat products
220 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
26 October 2012
Employment effect (start)
1 August 2012
Foreseen end date
31 December 2012

Description

Finnish food company HK Scan announced that it is to cut 150 jobs in the south of Sweden (see here) and to close a plant in Bjaerskov, Denmark, in September, with 70 job cuts. 

At the end of 2011, the company employed 2,511 employees in Sweden and 844 in Denmark, and has a total workforce of about 7,882 in Europe.

Sources

  • 8 October 2012: HRScan
  • 26 October 2012: Jordbruksaktuellt

Citation

Eurofound (2012), HK Scan, Internal restructuring in European Union, factsheet number 74517, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/74517.