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 Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery And Equipment 25.92 - Manufacture of light metal packaging
115 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
26 February 2013
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2013
Description
As announced on February 26, 2013, German tin can producer Huber Packaging Group will close its site in Bottrop and make 115 people redundant.
The company announced to relocate the production to Öhringen (Baden-Württemberg) and to offer its employees jobs in the new plant. It is expected that most people will not relocate. Additionally, there will be negotiations with the workers council concerning a severance scheme. The relocation is due to weak plant utilization and the workforce had been reduced from 147 to 115 before. Relocation shall be completed by the end of the year.
Sources
26 February 2013: Der Westen
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Huber Packaging, Relocation in Germany, factsheet number 75045, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75045.
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