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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Wood And Paper Materials Manufacture Of Paper And Paper Products 17.2 - Manufacture of articles of paper and paperboard
340 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
23 July 2013
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2013
Foreseen end date
Description
On 23 July, the group Hamelin has announced to its European Works Council the closure of five plants. 340 job cuts will follow the plants closure. The affected sites are located in France (244 job cuts, see Hamelin 2013), UK and Italy. About 100 jobs will be cut in the Italian and British plants.
Hamelin group employs 3,000 employees worldwide. It is the owner of the brands Elba, Oxford and Canson. The group is a leading supplier to the office, school and fine art markets (it products notebooks, drawing paper, diaries, binders, files, folders, dividers).
Sources
25 July 2013: Ouest-France
25 July 2013: L'usine Nouvelle
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Hamelin, Closure in European Union, factsheet number 75695, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75695.
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